David Keenan: For The Good Times [2019] paperback Condition:New 'Esslemont handles action and brooding

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David Keenan: For The Good Times [2019] paperback Condition:New 'Esslemont handles action and broodingWINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019 Sammy and his three friends live in the Ardoyne, an impoverished, predominantly Catholic area of North Belfast that has become the epicentre of a country intent on cannibalising itself. They love sharp clothes, a good drink, and the songs of Perry Como whose commitment to clean living holds up a dissonant mirror to their own attempts to rise above their circumstances. They dream of a Free State, and their methods