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.

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Hello and today devoting the program to a deep dive into writing history, feminism and humour

with one of Britain's best prose stylists.

Sarah Moss was lauded by critics for her 2009 debut, Cold Earth,

the story of an ill-fated archaeological dig in Greenland, set against the now

eerily prescient backdrop of an influenza pandemic. Since then, her highly acclaimed output has won

her countless fans, exploring the personal and political in novels such as night waking and the hauntingly powerful ghost wall.

But she also manages to find time to work as an academic, this year taking up a prestigious

position at the University College, Dublin, where she recently relocated with her family.

Her rather eventful 2020 will fortunately for us also mark

publication of her seventh work of full-length fiction, Summerwater, an urgent and observant series of

linked stories about a group of seemingly disconnected families holidaying on the shores of a rain-soaked Loch in Scotland.

Here's a taste.

Enough.

Feet pattering.

Heart and lungs surprised.

Laboring.

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