IRISH TWINS A Novel of the Troubles Author:Bob Huerter In a convent in Dublin twins are born. They grow up not knowing the other exists and they grow up in vastly different worlds, one in wealth and freedom on a ranch in Montana, the other in poverty and oppression in the Short Strand in the Ardoyne neighborhood of Belfast. The American is raised to work hard and is tough from ranch work while his I... more »rish twin is raised in the violence of Belfast, joins the IRA, becomes an assassin and soon is the most wanted man in Ireland. The two, however, will soon collide and their lives will change forever when the American comes to Ireland for the first time, is mistakenly arrested as his brother and sent to prison for life where an American witnesses first hand the hunger strike of 1981. His Irish brother, however, can't let him sit in his place in prison and knows he has to act. But the IRA, MI5, the RUC and UVF know he has to act as well and they all have different plans, some legal, some illegal but all violent and all self seeking. Huerter brings to life the hunger strike in a way Americans can understand, and whether you agree or not, this is one hell of a ride.« less