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Book review: John Hume biography worthy of its heavyweight subject
The Nobel laureate has already inspired several books, but this one by a veteran BBC journalist is the most comprehensive
John Hume’s daughter used to plead with God that if he was killed by the IRA, at least to make it quick. In fact, Áine Hume had good reason to fear for her own safety too. Once a gang of Provos bundled a schoolgirl who closely resembled her into a car and drove away, before realising their mistake and releasing the child unharmed.
Stories such as these make the biggest impression in Stephen Walker’s worthy, ...
