Book Review: GUBU times of a grisly murderer expertly recounted

In his riveting account of the events of the tragic murders of Bridie Gargan and Dónal Dunne, the manhunt for Malcolm MacArthur, and the political crisis that unfolded after his arrest, Harry McGee observes that to the detectives who caught him, “the man who held Ireland in the grip of fear for over three weeks cut a pathetic figure"

Malcolm MacArthur arrives at a court sitting in 1982. Pic: Collins

• The Murderer and the Taoiseach: Death, Politics, and Gubu — Revisiting the notorious Malcolm Macarthur case
• Harry McGee
• Hachette Books, €15.99