{"product_id":"cage-eleven","title":"Cage Eleven","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerry Adams' account of interment without trial in the 1970s in Long Kesh prison. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were originally smuggled out for publication. Updated, with a new introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison – without charge or trial – during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Women’s Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account – sometimes passionate, often humorous – of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Offers a unique insight into … the experience of internment … an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals.’ Irish Herald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"An Fhuiseog \/ The Lark Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53271274979715,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/5212\/0731\/files\/Screenshot-20241101_202524_Chrome.jpg?v=1730492966","url":"https:\/\/anfhuiseog.ie\/products\/cage-eleven","provider":"An Fhuiseog \/ The Lark Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}