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Watching the Door: Drinking Up, Getting Down, and Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast

by Kevin Myers · 2006

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisBelfastBelfastMore like thisLess of thisNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandMore like thisLess of this
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