The political party that came in from the cold
Politics; Power Play: The Rise of Modern Sinn Féin; By Deaglán de Bréadún; Merrion Press, €17.95
Deaglán de Bréadún uses a typically wry analogy to describe the twin pillars of modern-day Sinn Féin. “In a Hollywood script about the Provos, Gerry Adams would be Butch Cassidy with Martin McGuinness in the part of the Sundance Kid,” he writes.
“The relationship between the characters played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford was epitomised in the Kid’s remark at one stage: ‘You just keep thinkin’, Butch. That’s what you’re good at’.”
