The Gimp is a tongue‘n cheek misery memoir. Johnny Dickson is a young Irishman who comes of age cursed with the affliction of an unholy large penis; if that weren’t bad enough Dickson has a second problem as he is sexually aroused by religious artefacts, not members of the opposite sex. Running away to Dublin to escape his small but backward rural upbringing Dickson's troubles were only starting. This is a story that might be funny if it were not true.

In 1985 John Corcoran, a garda informer within the ranks of the Cork IRA, was abducted and brutally executed by the IRA. No one has ever been charged with his murder, but for decades, speculation was rife that gardaí of the highest rank allowed Corcoran – a father of eight – to be murdered to protect Sean O’Callaghan, the state’s most prized IRA informer during the Troubles.Now, for the first time, J.P. O’Sullivan, Corcoran’s Special Branch handler, breaks his silence. He reveals t...