Quite honestly I had trouble starting the book but once well integrated construction of the book and the history of the Irish conflict through the eyes of Tyrone Meehan, I never saw laché .Traitre Tyrone Meehan? This is the successful author of plunging deep into the soul of this heroic symbol tomb of his foot ESTALE. The fight scenes or torture, imprisonment are startling realism, upset you and alternate with intimate scenes of his childhood, his relationship with his wife, his son .It really for the film "The Wind rises "Golden Palm in Cannes. The really excellent style allows us to appreciate the qualities of this book that shows us the reality, roots and the barbarity of the conflict. A book not to be missed.