About this title: Belfast Diary offers vivid portraits of the lives of the people of West Belfast--local merchants, priests and children--as well as IRA members who enforce their own strict code of ethics in the neighborhood.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780807002179ISBN:0807002178
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 1995-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 0807002178 26133 PB: Library Discard, has usual stamps/markings. Cover has light shelf wear, spine smooth, text clean-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media m ai l. wt1lbpf. read more
Description: Very Good. 0807002046 Beacon Press hardcover w/dustjacket, 1988 (2nd printing), clean/tight, No marks/tears, light surface rub only...Fine/Near Fine...Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation...NOT a remainder or ex-library junk. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1995-06-30
ISBN-13:9780807002179ISBN:0807002178
Description: New. New Book. The book shows time wear. Otherwise new condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: Very Good. 0807002178 Softcover book is in excellent condition, 1st printing, mild shelf wear, no spine creases, looks nearly new. Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780807002049ISBN:0807002046
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author This is a signed and inscribed on half title page, hardcover, first edition, first printing of Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy. The author has inscribed the book "11/19/87 To Ed, Who knows how hard this is. John Conroy". The book published in 1987 by Beacon Press Boston is in fine condition with unclipped dust jacket in fine condition. 218 pages. ISBN 0807002046. read more
Binding: First
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, MA
Date Published: c1987
ISBN-13:9780807002049ISBN:0807002046
Description: fair. 24 cm, 218, some wear and soiling to boards, some pages creased, highlighting/underlining. The author, a Chicago journalist, lived on the front lines of the Northern Irish conflict for three years. Here he discovered firsthand and through countless interviews exactly what it means to conduct the business of dailylife in a war zone. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth and Paper Boards
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780807002049ISBN:0807002046
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Chicago journalist, John Conroy's strory of a year spent in Belfast. Book is tight and clean. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780807002049ISBN:0807002046
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0807002046. 218 pages, map endpapers, cloth, dj, very good. From the dj: For many months over the course of three years, John Conroy, a Chicago journalist, lived on the front lines of the Northern Irish conflict. Staying in a boarding house in West Belfast, Conroy learned from his neighbors how to adjust to the paranoia, claustrophobia, and everyday violence of life in the Catholic ghetto. He discovered firsthand what it is like to be stopped and searched at ... read more
"Chicago journalist John Conroy moved to West Belfast in 1980 and reported on his experience of the Troubles. Living in the republican community of Clonard, he was really in the thick of things. He witnessed the aftermath of the deaths of Bobby Sands and several other hunger strikers. He was held at gunpoint and even held hostage when the IRA took over his home not once, but twice.
This book actually belongs in the history section now. Conroy was in Belfast in the early 80s and he does his follow up in the mid-90s. So much has changed since then. It's still fascinating reading, though. A great snapshot of life during that time.
I would have liked to see more views from the Unionist/Loyalist communities expressed in the book. I didn't really notice Conroy's bias, though, until the epilogue when his anti-British views are obvious and we learn that he married a Catholic from Belfast. Still, as I've learned, it's hard to study the Troubles and not come away with some anti-British sentiment."
"It's hard not to wonder how biased the author was coming into his living in Belfast. He lives in a Catholic area, his book presents Unionists in a pretty poor light, and he never really gives any leading unionist politician a platform.
That said, things were very bad for his neighbors during those years, and the book expresses this. I wish that he would tell more backstory behind certain events, and I wish he knew more about the reasons behind the "knee cappings", how they worked, etc. Although I understand that it was probably impossible for him to safely inquire into these things.
I lived in Belfast for a few months awhile ago, and very much wish I had read this book prior to living there. It would have been interesting to explore the area he lived in. (I did, but if I had read this book first it would have meant more).
Anyway, I enjoyed the book, even if I did find myself visiting Wikipedia every few days to type in names mentioned in the book and gmaps to hit up streets."
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