Key Porter, Toronto, 1997, First Edition, First Printing.  ISBN 1-55013-809-X.  Trade paperback, 293 pages including Glossary and Suggested Reading.  Appears to be an unread copy, with very light edge and cover wear, very faint impression on front wrap from sticker removal; neither spine nor edges along spine are creased.  Binding is tight; no remainder marks; outer page block tanned.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages; maps on front end papers; 3 pages have very tiny fore-edge tears/nicks.  ‘Ireland, home of legendary poets and storytellers, has been wracked by bloody sectarian violence over the last quarter century.  Bombs and guns were, and once again are, the primary negotiating tools used by Catholic and Protestant extremists in the conflict surrounding the sovereignty of Northern Ireland - the six counties still known as Ulster. … centres on the hopes and despairs of everyday life during these new Troubles.  Patrick Taylor traces an intricate narrative path through Ulster, limning sensitive, unbiased portraits of ordinary – and not so ordinary – people caught in the partisan brutality of Northern Ireland.’ (from rear wrap)