The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville: A review
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gerry Fegan is a haunted man. The former IRA "hard man" can't escape or turn off the memories of the people he has killed, particularly the innocent and those who didn't need to die. The Troubles in Northern Ireland had no place for mercy and Fegan had tortured and killed, without compunction, at the behest of his bosses in the movement, those who engineered the deaths of others but never got their hands bloody. Now he is followed day and night by the shadows of twelve people that he killed - twelve people who are seeking vengeance through Fegan against those who ordered and caused their deaths. The only way he will ever find peace is to give them their vengeance, turning his skill in the art of killing against those who directed his activities in the past. Gerry Fegan, when we meet him, has recently been released from prison, where he served seven years. Prison and all that he experienced there changed ...