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Sat 12 Dec 2008Two states still apart
NORTHERN IRELAND: Richard Englishreviews Gunsmoke and Mirrors: How Sinn Féin Dressed up Defeatas Victory by Henry McDonald Gill and Macmillan, 206pp. €22.99
'THEY'VE TRIED to sell a defeat as a victory." So Marian Price described Sinn Féin and the Good Friday Agreement, when I interviewed her in Belfast in 2002. The ex-IRA woman will probably enjoy Henry McDonald's brilliantly provocative new book, Gunsmoke and Mirrors.
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