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    Oct 15, 2020 4 minutes
    Reviews editor: Vanessa Baird
    Reviewers: Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateu, Aruna Chandrasekhar, Vanessa Baird

    Anatomy of a Killing

    by Ian Cobain

    (Granta Books, ISBN 9781846276408)

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    For those of us not living on the island of Ireland, it has been all too easy since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement to wash our hands of the Troubles. Now, the looming likelihood of a no-deal Brexit has again focused attention on the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, amid fears of economic and political repercussions that could reignite the flames of that bitter sectarian war.

    Ian Cobain’s is a timely and sobering reminder of a conflict that took place within

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