The Price of Power: Inside Ireland's Crisis Coalition

When Fine Gael and Labour swept into government, in February 2011 they knew they were facing the greatest crisis in the history of the state. What confronted them was beyond their direst imaginings. Pat Leahy's The Price of Power is the riveting inside story of how they have led—and misled—Ireland. The Price of Power tells the story of trying to govern a country on the verge of ruin—the favors, the deals, the policy compromises, and previously unthinkable choices that had to be made. It is a gripping tale of high drama (and high dudgeon), of betrayal, backstabbing, and disillusionment, of those who rose to the challenge and those who withered under the strain. If there's one writer who can get the inside story on what's really going on at the highest levels in Irish politics, it's leading political journalist Pat Leahy. His account of Fianna Fáil in government, Showtime, is the considered the go-to book for anyone who wants to understand the disastrous politics led Ireland into economic meltdown. Now, with the same mix of unrivaled inside information, astute analysis, and exciting writing, he lifts the lid on the coalition that is supposed to get us out of the fix.