In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm Tóibín walked along the border from Derry to Newry. Bad Blood is a stark and evocative account of this journey through fear and hatred, and a report on ordinary life and the legacy of history in a bleak and desolate landscape. Tóibín describes the rituals -- the marches, the funerals, the demonstrations -- observed by both communities along the border, and listens to the stories which haunt both sides.

Originally published as: Walking along the border.