Keith Jacobsen: 3 books

In West Belfast in the late 1960s, Brendan O’Hara and his teenage son, Seamus, are drawn to the nationalist cause and join the IRA. Their obsession divides them from other members of the family, especially Seamus’ mother, Ruth, and his gentle younger brother, Patrick. Ruth copes with her isolation...

Former Catholic priest Michael Jones and the irreverent Father O'Malley return in this sequel to Out of the Depths (New Generation Publishing 2012) to tackle another baffling clerical mystery set in Liverpool. Battling loneliness and alcohol addiction, Michael meets Martha, a refugee from the Troubles...

What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short book by one of the world's leading thinkers offers...