All the Colours of the Town
by Liam McIlvanney
An old photograph of an ambitious man hints at an unsavoury history.
Characters
Gerry Conway's story
- Something went down in Belfast and it involved our Minister of Justice.
Rix's story
- He promised me a story. Let me down, then turned it personal and all hell was let loose round my head.
Isaac Hepburn's story
- I had to tell him, really tell him. I’m no tout but you don’t talk to me about the past without paying.
Peter Lyons' story
- He’d have been well looked after when I got to be First Minister. It’s the future that matters, not the past.