Biting at the Grave: The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair
by By OMalley, Padraig
Category: Social Science , Ethnic Studies , General

In March 1981, Bobby Sands began a hunger strike that led to his death 66 days later. One by one, nine other Irish Republicans followed him to their deaths as the whole world watched. O'Malley (senior associate, the John W. McCormack Institute, U. of Massachusetts at Boston) portrays the course of the hunger strikes and their meaning for the Irish people. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.