City of Bohane – Gangland Warfare in an Irish City – A Novel by Kevin Barry

On March 31, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

“City of Bohane,” the extraordinary first novel by the Irish writer Kevin Barry, is full of marvels. They are all literary marvels, of course: marvels of language, invention, surprise. Savage brutality is here, but so is laughter. And humanity. And the abiding ache of tragedy.

Bloodland: A Plot-Twisting, Page-Turning Novel With A Murderous Spin by Alan Glynn

On February 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Set against a vividly drawn world of corporate and political intrigue, Alan Glynn’s Bloodland is a riveting paranoid thriller of uncommon depth and page-turning suspense.

On an Irish Island – A Mesmerizing Interplay Of Lives by Robert Kanigel

On February 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Editor

On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned during the early twentieth century for the rich communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke.

Mistaken – A Novel About The Entwined Lives Of two Dubliners by Neil Jordan

On February 4, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Kevin and Gerald were two boys growing up on opposite sides of the Dublin economic divide. Though they had never met, they shared a growing awareness of each other through episodes of mistaken identity.

The Secret Life Of British Army Captain Robert Nairac And The Documentary Evidence

On January 18, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

My research on British Army Captain Robert Nairac is as much about Nairac’s secret life (if, in fact, it existed) as it is about homophobia, discrimination, and ignorance.

Captain Robert Nairac And His Involvement With The SAS

On January 12, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

Major Clive Fairweather, who served in the top-level intelligence post of G2/Int inside the Lisburn-based British Army HQ in Northern Ireland, knew Nairac and is very clear that, despite many claims to the contrary, Nairac was never an SAS man.

UVF Man Robin Jackson (“The Jackal”) And His Links To British Captain Robert Nairac

On January 11, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, by Editor

When it comes to the military career of British Captain Robert Nairac in Northern Ireland between 1973 (especially since 1974 when he joined “The Det” or “14 Int”) and his death in 1977, one name surfaces on a regular basis, that of Robert John “Robin” Jackson, known as the Jackal.

The Life Of Captain Robert Laurence Nairac – A Time Line

On January 1, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

Everything you read about British Captain Robert Nairac on this website represents my very personal view and research on the topic. If you deem my findings objectionable or in err, please feel free to leave a comment.

A Legacy Of The Irish Troubles – The Disappeared

On January 1, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

There were sixteen people who ‘disappeared’ during ‘the troubles’ in Northern Ireland. The Provisional IRA admitted responsibility for thirteen of the sixteen, while one was admitted by the INLA. No attribution has been given to the remaining two.

Captain Robert Laurence Nairac – References

On January 1, 2012, in Nairac Investigation, Robert Nairac, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

Everything you read about British Captain Robert Nairac on this website represents my very personal view and research on the topic. If you deem my findings objectionable or in err, please feel free to leave a comment.