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Seventy Times Seven by John Gordon Sinclair
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Seventy Times Seven (edition 2013)

by John Gordon Sinclair

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Danny McGuire doesn't like his job, but he's good at it. Since his brother's murder eight years earlier he has become a professional killer: a hit man for hire, bent on retribution. The Job: Danny's been contracted to eliminate the 'Thevshi' - the Ghost - the most elusive informant that has ever penetrated the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. But there's a problem: the Thevshi claims to know who's responsible for his brother's death. Danny's never killed someone he needed to talk to first. The Target: When Finn O'Hanlon (A.K.A. the Thevshi) is attacked in a bar in Alabama he realises that his past has finally caught up with him. Forced to flee, he embarks on a desperate journey to find Danny McGuire before it's too late. The Complication: But Danny and Finn are up against someone who's spent years hiding a secret, and it's a secret they'll go to any lengths to protect.… (more)
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Title:Seventy Times Seven
Authors:John Gordon Sinclair
Info:Faber & Faber (2013), Paperback, 384 pages
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    greydoll: Fast-paced thriller set amongst the tangled allegiances and violent outcomes of the Northern Irish conflict.
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1992, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, lunchtime in a bar. Two seated guys are checking out their Target. One leaves to bring the car round to the alley, the other stands up and - Magnum in hand - strides towards the Target, squeezing the trigger.
Three days earlier in Newry, Northern Ireland, Danny Maguire had taken a phone call from a man who had told him that someone called Finn O'Hanlon knew who had killed Danny's brother eight years ago. During those eight years, although he had never joined the IRA, Danny had waged war and taken revenge on a lot of people: informers and members of the security forces. Death was what he was good at. Now here's this man, whom he blames for Sean's death, giving him this piece of paper with an Alabama address on it.
In Tuscaloosa, Finn O'Hanlon watches the two guys on the other side of the bar. He is still watching as one stands up and strides towards him, gun in hand. The air explodes around the table but Finn is already halfway through the fire exit. In the alleyway he is cornered by gunfire from the other guy. Nothing for it but to return the way he came – and ask the pretty waitress where they keep their shotgun...

Actor John Gordon Sinclair has written a terrific début thriller with this story rooted in the violent tragedies of Northern Ireland. It started life as an idea for a film and it's a complex, fast-moving story criss-crossing the Atlantic between Alabama and Northern Ireland as it tells the story of two Republican brothers - the Maguires - one killed in an ambush whilst carrying explosives for the IRA, the other becoming a killer as a consequence and eight years later searching for the truth behind his brother's betrayal. But someone else wants that truth to remain hidden and when a list of IRA informers is stolen from police headquarters, mayhem begins. Not the least of which is the brutal collateral damage experienced by everyone connected to the Maguire brothers.
Sinclair's characterisations are vivid and the dry wit of his dialogue brings a touch of humour that is very necessary in order to warm this dark tale of callous trade-offs and cruelty. The book is reminiscent of Stuart Neville's writing in its uncompromising depiction of the harsh brutality and paradoxical legacies of the long Northern Irish conflict. An exciting and very accomplished first. ( )
  greydoll | Feb 8, 2014 |
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Danny McGuire doesn't like his job, but he's good at it. Since his brother's murder eight years earlier he has become a professional killer: a hit man for hire, bent on retribution. The Job: Danny's been contracted to eliminate the 'Thevshi' - the Ghost - the most elusive informant that has ever penetrated the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. But there's a problem: the Thevshi claims to know who's responsible for his brother's death. Danny's never killed someone he needed to talk to first. The Target: When Finn O'Hanlon (A.K.A. the Thevshi) is attacked in a bar in Alabama he realises that his past has finally caught up with him. Forced to flee, he embarks on a desperate journey to find Danny McGuire before it's too late. The Complication: But Danny and Finn are up against someone who's spent years hiding a secret, and it's a secret they'll go to any lengths to protect.

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