Loyalist Paramilitary Gunrunner
From Extremism to Prison
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Narrated by:
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Randal Schaffer
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By:
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Frank Portinari
About this listen
A Londoner enters a world of guns, bombs, and assassinations until the Special Branch of the police and military intelligence step in.
Frank’s years as a peaceful football fan and socialist end abruptly when he turns to hooliganism and British nationalism. In the menacing drinking clubs of Belfast, he takes orders from prominent Loyalist paramilitaries. His crimes escalate, until the media and authorities uncover his secretive and dangerous existence.
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- Delboy
- 14-03-21
Good book shame about narrator
Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Good insight into the football casual scene and the Loyalist scene.
However, it really needed a British narrator.
No harm to the geezer but you can’t have someone narrating a book if they can’t pronounce football teams like Celtic and Feyenoord.
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- Jonny W.
- 13-09-20
Enjoyed the audiobook.
Enjoyed the audiobook. Only disappointment, is as a Londoner it would have been good to hear a Londoner voice narrate. That is just me being picky.
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- paul b.
- 01-10-21
quality Listen
loved it as a loyal ulster man... thanks For you're service Frank No Surrender
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-24
An interesting look into how you never know what’s down the road
I enjoyed listening to Franks story and how he went from a very run of the mill, working class boy growing up in London during the hay day of football hooliganism and life in London during the second half of last century.
What could have been an easy listen and a book that I would have replayed multiple times was however ruined by the fact that the narrator is American and this book is written by a Londoner with the language to match. It’s really hard to listen to for too long because it doesn’t fit right and the slang words are miss pronounced
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-01-22
Superb
An excellent listen.
The narrateer could of learnt to the NI names properly though
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- Tony Martin
- 17-08-21
Brilliant Book
Very insightful book. Good to hear a true life account of a journey from football violence to active loyalism.
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- Mr n whitmore
- 17-03-20
brilliant 10/10
truthful honest and funny. highly recommended. RIP mad manners ttid and the wild bunch x
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-22
Interesting stuff
Well worth a listen , a likeable chap who has a great story to tell , I have recommended this to friends who have also enjoyed it , top class
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- E. pollock
- 14-07-22
Great listen
Amazing to listen to a man who has given so much for a cause QS
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- nicki
- 02-04-22
Ruined it with the voice actor
How can you claim to be a gun runner???? You got caught on your first attempt 😂 Missed out loads of detail plus there was so much scope to expand post jail. My family was part of south Belfast UDA as said you are a ‘WALT’!!
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