{"product_id":"political-purgatory-brian-rowan-9781785373817","title":"Political Purgatory: The Battle to Save Stormont and the Play for a New Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about political stasis; the purgatory that Stormont became, and the sins of that long standoff. The story begins in January 2017, with Martin McGuinness's dramatic resignation as Deputy First Minister, and chronicles all the behind-the-scenes negotiations that ultimately resulted in the restoration of the Executive in January 2020, with the 'New Decade, New Approach' agreement. Then, that new fight with a fearsome and unknowable foe: coronavirus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e charts the three years from the collapse then restoration of the northern Executive to Covid-19 in the wider frame of building peace after conflict, and we turn the next corner into the centenary of Northern Ireland and that louder call for Irish unity since Brexit, like a piece of heavy machinery on fragile ground, has left cracks across the Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning several decades, some of the biggest names on the inside of Irish and British politics, including Gerry Adams, Naomi Long, Peter Robinson, Julian Smith and Simon Coveney, help veteran journalist Brian Rowan turn the pages in what President Clinton has called the 'long war for peace'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Rowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785373811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785373817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merrion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Brian Rowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993713377535,"sku":"9781785373817","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ae364d5-58ff-4650-b538-c50c94df3339.jpg?v=1683325883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-purgatory-brian-rowan-9781785373817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}