A paperback ( Ward River Press, Dublin, reprint 1980) of Tim Pat Coogan's influential account of the H-Block prison 'Dirty Protest' in the 1970's to the time of publication.

No hardcover was issued. In itself, the book was controversial, in that some accused Coogan of taking the side of the protesters 100% - he does not, and retrospectively the book reads as one of Coogan's best works - it sets out the case clearly, and details both the squalid conditions in the H Block, as well as the IRA's campaign against prison warders in retaliation.

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Usual age tanning to page block, light creasing to spine no inscriptions , no underlining or other marks apart from a previous owners name, binding solid, HEAVY tanning throughout. This book is very prone to spine fade, this edition is faded. Slight spine lean.

Cover art - of a prisoner wrapped in a sheet, as if on a mortuary slab, is by Robert Ballagh.

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Tim Pat Coogan- On the Blanket : The H-Block Story - PB Northern Ireland

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