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RENOWNED as one of Ireland’s best living writers (and there are a lot of them still kicking about), Colin Bateman sat down with the Andersonstown News this week to speak about his hilarious and touching memoir about growing up on the mean streets of North Down. ‘Thunder and Lightning: A Memoir of Life on the Tough Streets/Cul-De-Sacs of Bangor’ has been published to rave reviews from the likes of Liam Neeson, Jimmy Nesbitt and Ian Rankin. Colin's internationally known for his comedic crime novels such as Divorcing Jack, Titanic 2020, Mystery Man and for successful TV shows such as Murphy’s Law and Scúp. The book charts Colin’s childhood and youth in Bangor, which despite being only around 10 miles from Belfast, managed to relatively escape the conflict which was encompassing the North. Although largely safe from the conflict, Bangor still had a lot going on for Colin, and this forms the backdrop as Colin describes youthful schemes to breed gerbils for cash, sell the straps of watches discarded from a bombed-out Woolworths and his forays in punk to becoming a journalist for the County Down Spectator.