Dark Corners : Corruption and International Intrigue in Ireland, America and Southeast Asia

Gerard MacManus went from a Dundalk childhood spent poaching apples and salmon to the dangerous role of informant for the US forces in the Philippines.

An Irish soldier who joined the US Army, MacManus rose to the rank of sergeant and underwent Ranger training.

He left the army and became a homicide detective in Atlanta where he encountered riots as the civil rights struggle exploded onto the streets.

There he experienced the frustration and horror of the Atlanta Child Murderer’s killing spree and found himself accused of the attempted murder of a fellow officer.

As an undercover vice cop in Florida, MacManus saw the hippy sixties from the murky underworld side.

He later joined the corporate world as a senior executive in a Fortune 500 company and became a successful businessman in his own right.

After he retired to South Asia he assisted American forces as they battled Muslim terrorists away from the glare of world attention, risking his livelihood and death.

Surrounded since childhood by literary and artistic achievement, but writing for the first time about his life experiences, MacManus digs deep into his dark times to reveal a powerful story.