And this is the final point: the book is inspired by a belief that people should tell stories that are relevant to their lives. Said Patrick: “It shows the vulnerability of people who were in that minority and the strength it takes to find a way forward. Patrick Mone initially wrote ‘A Petrol Bomb of Love’ as a screenplay while at university, winning an award for it in the process. Please see our framing page for more details, as well as information on additional styles that we can offer.

Meanwhile, rival factions of Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force wage turf battles over drugs and racketeering, a near-weekly saga of threats, beatings and expulsions that on occasion turn lethal.

He lives in Belfast with his husband David and is working on a selection of screen projects and next novel. Fans will also be pleased to learn that Will and Conor’s story doesn’t end here and that a sequel is already in the pipeline.

You will find between its covers no shadowy men in cloaks, no sinister figures swearing secret oaths, and no revolutionary heroes recounting tales of daring-do.It adds up to a “cruel storm”, Simon Hoare, chair of Westminster’s Northern Ireland committee, told a recent hearing.

for the possession of fireworks at a musical event, see section 134 of the Policing Act 2017 (summary only offence). We are very fortunate today that none of our officers were seriously injured as a result of this incident.This legislation concerns the most serious offending specific to explosives that the CPS is likely to prosecute. McGhee, who pleaded guilty to wilfully setting fire to the flat, endangering the lives of McFarlane and others living at the block, was at the High Court in Edinburgh today to learn his fate after Lord Scott had previously deferred sentence for a background report.

Groups such as the Real IRA, Continuity IRA and now the New IRA have waged sporadic attacks on security forces.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Onlookers watched as men threw petrol bombs, flares and firecrackers, lighting up the Athens neighbourhood of Neos Kosmos on the eve of Easter Sunday. The poignancy of A Petrol Bomb of Love not only takes the reader by surprise, but ensures that it is a novel that lingers long after its last page.