Mick Clifford: 2024’s political heavyweight hardbacks

There were more outstanding books in 2024 that merit a mention
Mick Clifford: 2024’s political heavyweight hardbacks

Author Henry Hemming traces how Martin McGuinness, left, and Gerry Adams were seen as men who might move the provisional movement into politics. Picture: Brian Lawless

Sat, 28 Dec, 2024 - 01:00
Michael Clifford
Mick Clifford

IT’S that time of year to look back on what happened, who was up, who was down and — for those with a weakness for the written word — what exactly you read in 2024.

This column has three books which merit a mention. One concerns the politics of today, another of yesterday, and the third reverses even further back into the mists of time for a delightful feat of the imagination.

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