{"product_id":"nights-in-armour","title":"Samuel Thompson: Nights in Armour [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA policeman's lot is not a happy one or so the song goes,\u003cbr\u003ebut throw in the IRA, loyalist paramilitaries, the British army and a\u003cbr\u003eRepublican hunger strike, and it gets a whole lot worse. Carson Clarke, Jim\u003cbr\u003eReid and their colleagues in the RUC are charged with policing a provincial\u003cbr\u003etown in Derry, arguably the most dangerous environment in the developed world.\u003cbr\u003eThey're trained to deal with car accidents and shoplifters, but history and\u003cbr\u003epolitics just keep getting in the way as a series of shootings and bombings\u003cbr\u003ebring Northern Ireland to the brink of civil war. Their job gradually becomes a\u003cbr\u003estruggle to survive, and just keeping sane gets difficult as, bit by bit, their\u003cbr\u003eworld collapses around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with the authenticity of someone who served as a\u003cbr\u003epolice officer in Northern Ireland at the time, and who lived through and\u003cbr\u003eexperienced similar events. This book was also written very close in time to\u003cbr\u003ethe historical events and carries the authenticity of the dialogue and thinking\u003cbr\u003eemployed by the characters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thompson, Samuel","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52718887207251,"sku":"9781781176993","price":17.86,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47997759226195,"sku":"XG81781176993","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52718887174483,"sku":"XV81781176993","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/thompson-samuel-samuel-thompson-nights-in-armour-2019-paperback-1214394892.jpg?v=1767641589","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/nights-in-armour","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}