Political Prisoners - Biography, Ireland - Political Biography, 20th Century Irish History, Northern Ireland - History, Ireland - Historical Biography
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Overview
Long before he became President of Sinn F é in, Gerry Adams was a civil-rights activist who led sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison-without charge or trial-during the 1970s for his political activities. Cage Eleven is his own account-sometimes passionate, often humorous-of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.
Editorials
Books Ireland
Quite brilliant...a tribute to a particular kind of survival by a group of people who have committed their lives to a deeply-held political belief about their country.Irish Press
By turn wry, humorous, passionate and self-mocking, and parades a cast of characters that stick in the memory.The Irish Times
...a collection of humorous pieces, all done in a dry, occasionally hilarious Belfast idiom.The Listener
...a natural storyteller with a warm and agile wit.Book Details
Published
November 7, 2000
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Pages
152
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781568331898