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Loyalist Paramilitary Gunrunner

From Extremism to Prison

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Loyalist Paramilitary Gunrunner

By: Frank Portinari
Narrated by: Randal Schaffer
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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.

©2019 Gadfly Press (P)2019 Gadfly Press True Crime Ireland

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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.

Good book shame about narrator

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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.

Enjoyed the audiobook.

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loved it as a loyal ulster man... thanks For you're service Frank No Surrender

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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

An interesting look into how you never know what’s down the road

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An excellent listen.
The narrateer could of learnt to the NI names properly though

Superb

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Very insightful book. Good to hear a true life account of a journey from football violence to active loyalism.

Brilliant Book

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truthful honest and funny. highly recommended. RIP mad manners ttid and the wild bunch x

brilliant 10/10

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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

Interesting stuff

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Amazing to listen to a man who has given so much for a cause QS

Great listen

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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’!!

Ruined it with the voice actor

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