On 21st November 1974, a child's life is blown apart. What comes out of the rubble? Danny Cronin is a ten-year-old boy from a Northern Irish Catholic family living in Birmingham, far away from The Troubles. Danny wants to be an astronaut when he grows up and writes science-fiction stories with himself as the hero. The Troubles come to Birmingham. Two bombs, planted by the IRA, explode in two pubs, murdering twenty-one people and injuring over two hundred. The next day, a Northern Irish visitor calls at the Cronin's house. What will his arrival mean for Danny and where was the stranger on the night of the bombings?
- | Author: Michael Flavin
- | Publisher: Vulpine Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 264 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1839194685
- | ISBN-13: 9781839194689