{"product_id":"shankill-butchers-w3","title":"Martin Dillon: The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder [1990] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling investigation of one of Northern Ireland's most brutal and infamous murder cases\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Makes for gripping but altogether terrifying reading' \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dillon is recommended reading for anyone wishing to understand the complexities of British-Irish politics. He stands alone as one of the most creative writers of our time' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This was the ultimate way to kill a man.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1970s, in some of the most violent days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a group of Protestant paramilitaries embarked on a spree of indiscriminate murder which left thirty Catholics dead in the Shankill area of Belfast.  Their leader was Lenny Murphy: a fanatical Unionist whose Catholic-sounding surname had led to his persecution as a child, Murphy swore revenge on all Catholics, and with his gang wreaked havoc onto an already fractured city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot for the squeamish, \u003ci\u003eThe Shankill Butchers\u003c\/i\u003e is a horrifying and detailed account of one of the most brutal series of murders in British legal history - a phenomenon whose real nature has been obscured by the troubled and violent context from which it sprang.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dillon, Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44215939760418,"sku":"9780099738107","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":48160115523923,"sku":"XG80099738107","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47898904527187,"sku":"XV80099738107","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dillon-martin-martin-dillon-the-shankill-butchers-a-case-study-of-mass-murder-1990-paperback-57969368236371.jpg?v=1726956486","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/shankill-butchers-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}