'David’s belief in nonviolence is challenged by the second world war and the violent assaults on the community he is building.' Photo: Book cover of David Jordan, by Ronald Kirkbride
David Jordan, by Ronald Kirkbride
Author: Ronald Kirkbride. Review by John Lampen
by John Lampen
21st June 2024
Many Quaker libraries have an old copy of this book. I expect it has not been borrowed for years, although the cover proclaims it as ‘the great Quaker novel of our time’. My copy came from the Bogside in Derry, where a paramilitary drew my attention to it. I’m glad he did.
