Bad Blood - A Walk Along the Irish Border

In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm Toibin walked along the border from Derry to Newry. Bad Blood is a stark and evocative account of this journey through fear and hatred, and a report on ordinary life and the legacy of history in a bleak and desolate landscape. Toibin describes the rituals - the marches, the funerals, the demonstrations - observed by both communities along the border, and listens to the stories which haunt both sides. With sympathy and insight Bad Blood captures the intimacy of life along one of the most contested strips of land in Western Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Colm Toibín, Colm Tóibín
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9781035054862
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3505486-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Picador Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; European History, HISTORY / Social History, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, TRAVEL / Europe / Ireland, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Religious, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Politics & government, British & Irish history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General