Praise for Dirty Linen
‘Dirty Linen is a powerfully affecting read, an encapsulation of the terror, the trauma, the hatred, the injustice, the terrible sadness and loss. But there is also the bravery and courage, and the very human struggles in these stories of individuals living their everyday lives. It’s a kind and personal book, bringing it right down to the individual and hearing their voice and their truth. I underlined so much in it. The writing itself is wonderful, full of compassion and intelligence and revelation… facing up to the reality of pain and yet bearing hope as well.’ – Anna Burns
‘This is the finest memoir of the conflict I’ve ever read.’ – Fergal Keane
‘Dirty Linen is shocking, riveting, and compassionate.’ – Roddy Doyle
‘Brilliantly written, fully human, hard to read and harder to put down – everyone should read this book.’ – Anne Enright
‘Sensitive and urgent, Dirty Linen is a must-read that gives readers a shocking insight into what lies beneath the surface of life and death in a conflict zone.’ – Michelle Gallen
‘Doyle offers us a personal history of the Troubles that is as exacting as it is humane. An elegant, haunting book.’ – Patrick Radden Keefe
‘All of us with Ulster family, and everyone who cares about Ireland, needs to read this fascinating, powerful, utterly moving book.’ – Joseph O’Connor
‘Superb, a really important and moving work that brings the reality of the Troubles to life and restores the human tragedy to its proper place in public memory … a vital, potent and moving piece of work.’ – Fintan O’Toole
‘Dirty Linen is nothing short of superb. How hard it must have been at times to write, but how important a book. – Wendy Erskine
‘Dirty Linen is an impeccably researched and incredibly moving hybrid memoir/social history of The Troubles in his home parish of Tullylish, Co. Down. Laden with devastating personal testimonies from neighbours who lost loved ones, this is an important book that commemorates the all too often anonymised victims of The Troubles.’ – Edel Coffey
‘…an extraordinary, beautifully written and vitally necessary intimate history of all the murders in a parish in Northern Ireland during the ‘Troubles’. Lost Lives for Tullylish, Co. Down.’ – Catriona Crowe
‘Martin Doyle’s moving conflict memoir, Dirty Linen, resonated powerfully with me’ – Conor O’Clery
‘Harrowing.’ – Roy Foster
‘This is an important, humane book, stunning in its sweep and power. It will prove to be a classic.’ – The Irish Times