The Guns of Heaven, Pete Hamill
The Guns of Heaven, Pete Hamill
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The Guns of Heaven

Author: Pete Hamill

Narrator: Christian Conn

Unabridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2009

Synopsis

On a visit to Northern Ireland, newspaper reporter Sam Briscoe meets with a mysterious IRA leader and agrees to deliver an envelope to his supporters in New York City. It's a decision with grave consequences—not just for Briscoe, but for his eleven-year-old daughter as well. Because the bloody Irish conflict is about to come to the streets of New York, and Briscoe is the only man standing in its way.

About Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill is a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling novels Forever and Snow in August and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life. He writes a column for the New York Daily News and lives in New York City.

About Christian Conn

Christian Conn is a classically trained actor. He has performed on stage in theaters across the United States and internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His audiobook narrations include Roddy Doyle’s Oh, Play That Thing and Charlie Huston’s Six Bad Things and Caught Stealing. He earned a BFA from Rutgers University and studied at the London Academy of Theatre. Christian lives and works in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 16, 2017

The guns of Heaven may just be the greatest thriller to come out of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Hamill is a superb writer and what he has to say about the Troubles would grace the pages of any serious novel. As a hard boiled detective thriller the book has everything the genre requires, a compl......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 23, 2014

An excellent, quick read. Plenty of believable action, although he did put silencers on revolvers, but that was the only issue I noticed. The story was fast paced & well written. The plot was believable & logical. The character was well drawn & perfect. I loved the ending.......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on June 22, 2012

Reading Pete Hamill offers an intriguing conundrum as to whether scenes or references are only meant to be fiction or whether they are autobiographical. As a journalist/writer penning the adventures of a journalist/writer named Sammy Briscoe, one gets the feeling that Hamill has trod this ground bef......more

Goodreads review by Jake on March 01, 2023

I had sworn off books featuring Tough Guys who Drink Hard and Screw Every Woman but they pop up occasionally when I read my monthly Hard Case Crime novels. This one is better than most, with Pete Hamill’s excellent New York touches, some quality twists and a thoughtful meditation on violence. A bit......more

Goodreads review by Tony on March 15, 2017

Written more than 30 years ago, this slim book is less a crime story than it is a "ripped from the headlines" IRA thriller. It features a 40ish newspaper reporter sent to Belfast to do a story about a mysterious IRA commander who might turn the tide in the struggle against British occupation. The re......more

Quotes

“Though first released twenty-three years ago, it’s only dated by its villains, not its prose, subject matter, or Christian Conn’s delivery…Conn’s performance refreshes the thriller.” AudioFile

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