{"product_id":"9781788495547-cage-eleven","title":"Cage Eleven","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrison Writings from Long Kesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerry Adams' account of interment without trial in the 1970s in Long Kesh prison. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were originally smuggled out for publication. Updated, with a new introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the \u003cem\u003eMaidstone\u003c\/em\u003e prison ship and in Long Kesh prison – without charge or trial – during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Women’s Prison. \u003cem\u003eCage Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e is his own account – sometimes passionate, often humorous – of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Offers a unique insight into … the experience of internment … an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals.’ Irish Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53568460325238,"sku":"9781788495547","price":11.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31203820.jpg?v=1731909794","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781788495547-cage-eleven","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}