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The government of one of Europe's most settled democracies dances to the tune of the country's largest meat merchant. He is given huge amounts of export credit so that he can trade with the worst dictatorship in the world. Everyone tells the politicians that this is a crazy risk, but the ministers persist. The deal will bring jobs, development, prestige. The cattleman can't be denied. But not even the beef being shipped to Iraq is what it seems to be....
This is Fintan O'Toolc's brilliantly readable reconstruction of the biggest scandal in Irish political history. The cattle industry has always been at the murky edge of Irish politics, the values of the ranch an embarrassment to tliose who would have preferred to keep people, not cattle, on the land. This compulsive book is about the victory of the ranch over democracy and accountability. It is also a unique insight into die way power works in Ireland.
'Fintan O'Toole gets to the core of things in fewer words than any other Irish writer. O'Toole, perhaps more than anyone else, has helped me realise what a complex, sad and wonderful place Ireland is. He is not just an important writer, he is a vital one.'
This is Fintan O'Toolc's brilliantly readable reconstruction of the biggest scandal in Irish political history. The cattle industry has always been at the murky edge of Irish politics, the values of the ranch an embarrassment to tliose who would have preferred to keep people, not cattle, on the land. This compulsive book is about the victory of the ranch over democracy and accountability. It is also a unique insight into die way power works in Ireland.
'Fintan O'Toole gets to the core of things in fewer words than any other Irish writer. O'Toole, perhaps more than anyone else, has helped me realise what a complex, sad and wonderful place Ireland is. He is not just an important writer, he is a vital one.'
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- PublisherRandom House UK
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0099514516
- ISBN 13 9780099514510
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages292
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