Cart
Free Shipping in Australia
Proud to be B-Corp

Beyond the Firm George Dorling

Beyond the Firm By George Dorling

Beyond the Firm by George Dorling


$26.49
Condition - Very Good
Only 2 left

Summary

From the Everton Firm, to the Parachute Regiment and Beyond. Lace up your boots, strap on your Bergen pack for the march of a lifetime.

Beyond the Firm Summary

Beyond the Firm by George Dorling

BEYOND THE FIRM as told by George Dorling to Pete McKenna. The true hardhitting frequently humorous and harrowing story of George Dorling. As a young scally in Liverpool George was a typical 80's soccer casual hooligan and member of the notorious Everton firm before he changed his life forever, following in his fathers footsteps, by joining the 2nd batallion the Parachute Regiment. George served fifteen years in the Paras including time in the Parachute Regiments own elite special forces group the Pathfinders. During his military career George saw action in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo and Sierra Leone where he was part of the elte team of special forcres troops sent in to rescue a group of Irish Rangers captured and held hostage by the notorious criminal militia the West Side Boys.Currently living a much more sedate life in Blackpool, George takes the reader on an incredible roller coaster journey beyond the firm so lace up your boots, strap on your Bergen pack and join him on the march of a life time.

About George Dorling

McKenna is a Blackpool born writer living between Spain and the UK. His published books include Nightshift, the first book on the 70's northern soul scene in and around Wigan Casino Soul Club. A fictional crime novel Who the Hell's Frank Wilson?. Co-writer of Made in Britain which is a history of UK street cultures from the 60's to today. Maradona Good ; Pele Better ; George Best - a personal tribute to George Best and his latest, Tinseltown - A childhood memoir of growing up in the 60'S and 70'S in London and Blackpool. Current projects are Jerusalem - a semi fictional insight into the slashed and torn social and moral fabric of contemporary Britain seen through the eyes and mind of the main protagonist Johnny Hodges, an ageing skinhead who after release from prison quickly discovers that Britain is no country for old men prompting him to embark on a final apocalyptic mission of revenge. Holocaust Past Present - a factual comparison of the sixty seven year old Jewish persecution of the Palestinians and the Nazi persecution of the Jews in world war two. Beyond the Firm - the hard-hitting humorous harrowing autobiography of George Dorling who went from being a 1980's casual soccer hooligan and petty criminal to an elite Parachute Regiment soldier serving time in the Paras own Special Forces unit The Pathfinders. Autumn Leaves- a dark stylish fictional crime novel set in the 60's about an old tarnished haunted jazz tenor saxophone and the mysterious disappearance of the young man who owned it. Dead Mans Journal - a fictional novel in diary form of the final year of a former Mod diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who goes on a final journey determined to sample as much of life as possible before he dies. A Summer in Provence - a factually based fictional story of the unfolding events when a stranger with a dark past settles in the hills above Menton hoping for a quiet life but for some men their past is inescapable. The Arkitekt - a factually based fictional narrative of the life of Kurt Hoffmann beginning in post-world war one Germany to the edge of the abyss at the end of the Second World War. Obeying Orders- a study of the personal profiles of some of the worst Nazi war criminals during the Second World War.

Additional information

GOR010199707
9781910705841
1910705845
Beyond the Firm by George Dorling
Used - Very Good
Paperback
New Haven Publishing Ltd
0
190
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Beyond the Firm