Photograph: Eric LukeBook Title:Thatcher's Spy ISBN-13:978-1785372858 Author:Willie Carlin Publisher:Merrion Press Guideline Price:€18.99History is, in many ways, a series of stories. Carlin left the army in 1974 following the tragic loss of his first child to cot death. In interviews and throughout his memoir, Carlin maintains that the mandate of the FRU was to redirect loyalist killing gangs away from sectarian civilian killings and towards the more “legitimate” targets republican activists represented. A memoir such as this cannot possibly hope to escape its own agenda but Carlin is always willing to acknowledge this. In a way, though his cover was blown long ago, he still lives the life of an active spy, seeing potential danger around every corner.

Source: The Irish Times December 11, 2019 05:33 UTC