SuitabookEntrapment and social inequality
Con lives in a community where people appear unable to leave established roles and where money and prospects are scarce.
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Brian Conaghan - Author
A gritty story about Con O’Neill, whose life is shaped by gang violence, sectarian conflict, loss and restricted opportunities.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA gritty story about Con O’Neill, whose life is shaped by gang violence, sectarian conflict, loss and restricted opportunities.
Con lives in a community where people appear unable to leave established roles and where money and prospects are scarce.
Con wants another life but is caught among gang ties, community expectations and the roles imposed by people around him.
Con encounters slam poetry and senses a possibility of hope and escape through this new form of expression.
This is not a light read: expect brutality, gang violence, sectarian vendettas and personal tragedy.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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