On the Brinks, Sam Millar
On the Brinks, Sam Millar
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On the Brinks

Author: Sam Millar

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2017


Synopsis

"Security guards told the police that they were surprised by assailants who had somehow evaded the sophisticated security system. They could not say how many robbers there were. It appears to be one of the biggest robberies in U.S. history."- The New York Times, front page

In 1993, $7.4 million was stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, the fifth largest robbery in US history. Sam Millar was a member of the IRA gang who carried out the robbery. He was caught, found guilty, and incarcerated, before being set free by Bill Clinton as an essential part of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. This remarkable book is Sam's story, from his childhood in Belfast, membership in the IRA, time spent in Long Kesh internment camps, and the Brinks heist and aftermath.

Reviews

On the Brinks n’est pas une biographie! Sam Millar nous confie deux événements importants de son existence, son séjour dans une prison irlandaise et sa participation dans un très gros casse aux States, mais l’homme garde son intimité et ses mystères. Parlez de violences carcérales à qui vous voulez, à......more

Goodreads review by Jack

Detailed account of the author's experience in the blanket in the H blocks, and his subsequent involvement in an infamous robbery in the USA. There was a slightly odd use of language which as sometimes poetic but at other times a bit distracting......more

Goodreads review by Seamus

An amazing book from first to last. Reads like a heist novel but is in fact a real heist true story. Great pacing, taut, deftly written, stylistically elegant - a pure joy to read.......more