In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

Steakknife.

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Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

Today, an intense childhood friendship in Naples and another more murderous one on a remote

Canadian island. With me to share their good read are cartoonist, illustrator and writer Martin

Rosen, whose works appear among other places in The Guardian and the Daily Mirror and whose more

than 60 books include stuff, a memoir about clearing out his parents' house, a graphic novelisation of the Communist Manifesto, and Pestrami-faced racist and other verses.

With Martin is Aisha Hazarika, a former political advisor specialising in women's issues, now a political commentator, broadcaster and comedian.

Aisha's just finished a national tour of her stand-up show, Girl on Girl,

and the paperback edition of her book, Punch and Judy Politics, comes out this spring.

Martin Rosen, could we start with you, your choice of a good read, please?

Well, my choice of a good read is a book which I've been

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