The Journeyman Tailor
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The Journeyman Tailor
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Narrated by:
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John O'Mahony
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By:
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Gerald Seymour
About this listen
In the villages and on the mountains of County Tyrone, in the heartland of the Provisional IRA's most active Brigade, the golden rule is 'Hear nothing, see nothing, know nothing'.
To collaborate with British Intelligence is to invite an inescapable death sentence. But there is word on the mountain that inside the Brigade there is a 'tout', an informer. He will be identified, interrogated, tortured, then hooded and shot.
Gary Brennard, the MI5 field agent, and Parker, who runs the informer, have to protect their man at all costs: he is the critical asset to hold on to until the stakes are high enough... and if the innocent step into the crossfire, that's just bad luck.
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World Class writing and narration.
I’m so lucky to have access to such poised performances
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What did you like most about The Journeyman Tailor?
Lots of different characters, who all had very different places in conflict. I thought they were real and it was insightful.What was one of the most memorable moments of The Journeyman Tailor?
In the pub when her identity was revealed, all was lost, but no..Which character – as performed by John O'Mahoney – was your favourite?
The mother and wife.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When boy was captured and interrogatedI liked seeing story from all different viewpoints
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Very exciting
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Whilst I have no personal experience to draw upon, it certainly has the sense of a realistic portrayal. But this is fiction and is a gripping story. It is fast-paced whilst not giving in to the comic-strip action of pulp thrillers. Above all, the characters are almost all very credible, apart from perhaps a somewhat Lara Croft-style female character. You feel as though you have spent a night in a ditch watching the house of a "Charlie 1".
A very notable point is the narration. It would be very easy to slip into 'stand-up comic' Irish accents, but the narrator manages the story and the various characters very well, bringing some real poignancy to the story.
If you want a thoughtful, well-told, gripping story with satisfying sense of realism; this is it.
Realistic, bleak and enthralling
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Totally enthralling
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