Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company' - Softcover

Lister, David; Jordan, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840188901 ISBN 13: 9781840188905

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

The name Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is synonymous with a killing spree by loyalist terrorists that took Northern Ireland to the brink of civil war. From humble beginnings as a rioter on Belfast's Shankill Road, Adair rose through the ranks of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters to head its merciless killing machine, "C Company." Surrounded by a group of trusted friends, his reign of terror in the early 1990s claimed the lives of up to 40 Catholics, picked out at random as Adair's hitmen roamed Belfast. Mad Dog describes in graphic detail Adair's criminal empire and an egomaniac's bloody war against Catholics and anybody else who got in his way. Adair's friends and enemies talk for the first time about the murders he ordered, his sordid personal life, and his attempts to become Northern Ireland's supreme loyalist figurehead. Using sensational new material, the authors expose the mass murderers who did Adair's bidding and provide new insights into some of the biggest secrets of the Troubles.

About this title

About the Author:

David Lister has been Ireland correspondent for The Times since October 2001 and is based in Belfast. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in London before spending two years as its correspondent in Brussels. Hugh Jordan is a reporter for the Sunday World in Belfast, specialising in crime. He is the author of the bestselling Milestones in Murder and has reported on Northern Ireland for more than ten years.

Review:

"Sensational" * Sunday Mirror * "The definitive history of Johnny Adair and his Company of evil . . . Well written, meticulously researched and richly illuminated" * Belfast Telegraph * "Ulster's book of the year" * News of the World * "Disturbing" * Irish Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1840188901
• ISBN 13: 9781840188905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352