One on One Brian Keenan - Irish author who survived five years of hostage hell
My guest today has, without any exaggeration, been to hell and back: Brian Keenan was kidnapped in Beirut in 1986 by the militant group Islamic Jihad and held hostage in the most appalling conditions for almost five years. Mr Keenan, who comes from Belfast, won a great deal of respect and admiration for the way he documented his terrible experiences in his book "An Evil Cradling". When he was in Prague last weekend promoting the Czech version of the book, I spoke to Brian Keenan in the dining room of his hotel. He began by outlining what had happened to him.
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