tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6150984098471745737..comments2024-03-28T11:38:15.779+00:00Comments on TPQ: Booker's Dozen @ Richard O'RaweAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48257858315787752422021-06-18T11:53:52.284+01:002021-06-18T11:53:52.284+01:00While I have not read the book it was ill advised ...While I have not read the book it was ill advised for Tom Murtagh to dismiss the issue of prison staff violence as it strips away credibility from the work. I spoke to a former governor once about it and he was very candid and placed the responsibility firmly on the shoulders of the governor running the jail at the time. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67613111154828221002021-06-18T11:45:50.637+01:002021-06-18T11:45:50.637+01:00Following on from Richard's comments on Chris ...Following on from Richard's comments on Chris Ryder's book Inside the Maze, The Maze Prison: A Hidden Story of Chaos, Anarchy and Politics<br />by Tom Murtagh and Phillip Wheatley is a frustrating read. Detailed and dense in places, and with a sense of history, Tom Murtagh badly lets himself down by simply dismissing numerous and credible accounts of brutality.<br /><br />His Brandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64929242932317168352021-06-18T07:01:50.796+01:002021-06-18T07:01:50.796+01:00Shane was one of my childhood favourites. I rememb...Shane was one of my childhood favourites. I remember reading it and also going to the cinema to watch it with my mother. <br />I was more taken by Tom Sawyer than Huck Finn. Twain is a brilliant writer.<br />And you share Alex's passion for Ernie O'Malley. Carrie loves his stuff too.<br />I am still reading the Billy Hutchinson book. I get through a chapter every so often. I have really AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com