Kevin Toolis: 2 books
My Father's Wake
How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love, and Die
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
An intimate, lyrical look at the ancient rite of the Irish wake--and the Irish way of overcoming our fear of death
Death is a whisper for most of us. Instinctively we feel we should dim the lights, pull the curtains, and speak softly. But on a remote island off the coast of Ireland's County...
Rebel Hearts
Journeys Within the IRA's Soul
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
For ten years Kevin Toolis investigated the lives of the IRA soldiers who wage a secret battle against the British State. His journeys took him from the back kitchens of Belfast, where men joked while making two-thousand-pound bombs, to prisons for interviews with men serving life sentences, and to...