Backstop Land
Glenn Patterson
Backstop Land
Glenn Patterson
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English
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Description
A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics and which is likely to become Britain's frontier with the wider world.
Vivid, biting passages... This is brave stuff... Read it [...] and you'll understand who these people are. And why peace in Ireland matters'
At times an amusing read, thoughtful but informal throughout, drawing you into intellectual company that is still not above deadpan sarcasm
Designed to delight and instruct... Readers in Britain and Ireland will find insights here that challenge the platitudes circulating in the current crisis... An entertaining drama about the whole conundrum of political representation'
Witty and wise, reading Patterson is like walking into a Belfast pub for lunch and falling into a conversation so good you stay until chucking out time
Informative and entertaining in equal measures... It's a tragicomic story that Patterson negotiates with care, poking fun at the Byzantine absurdities of the Northern Irish political culture without ever allowing his treatment of the terrible death toll to seem flippant'
Brings much insight, clarity and often piercing wit to explaining Northern Ireland
Glenn Patterson was born and lives in Belfast. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia creative writing course. He has written several acclaimed novels and co-wrote the screenplay of the film Good Vibrations, based on the Belfast music scene of the 1970s.
Glenn Patterson was born and lives in Belfast. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia creative writing course. He has written several acclaimed novels and co-wrote the screenplay of the film Good Vibrations, based on the Belfast music scene of the 1970s.