Not the biography of the rapper Snow, this Irish novel from the 1920s is about Gypo Nolan, a former Irish rebel, who informs on his neighbor as the culprit in a well-known murder of a public official. In the next scene, the murderer is tracked down and killed by the police. For his services, Gypo is paid 20 pounds. For the rest of the novel, his shame and guilt is made real as he grapples with the moral weight of his difficult choice. He is […]
There was a painful silence.
The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty