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**Abdiel** · 13-11-2010, 15:32

Hello everyone. I was in waterstones today looking at various titles newly released when one book caught my eye it was titled SAS Warlord Shoot to Kill by two authors Jack Gillespie and Tom Siegriste you can find it here:

SAS Warlord: Amazon.co.uk: Jack Gillespie, Tom Siegriste: Books

reading the back caused me to raise an eyebrow because apparently the tale is about Jack Gillespie who was the youngest recruit in the SAS the story is supposedly an account of his actions in Northern Ireland during the 70's where it was his job to go into republican territory and shoot IRA members and pass their murders off as Loyalist's work and in 73 his target was Gerry Adams.
This holds no resemblance to Pete Winners account of his action in NI in his book Soldier I ,but it does bear a striking resemblance to this book

The Nemesis File: The True Story of an Execution Squad: Amazon.co.uk: Paul Bruce: Books

The nemisis file which has already been shown on investigation to been utter false.
Is there anyone on ARRSE who may know more on this because the plot to me sounds like a liar trying to cash in off falsehood.

**Bovril** · 13-11-2010, 16:10

Which part of the bookshop were you in when you saw the book?

Fiction (Latin: fictum, "created") is a branch of literature which deals, in part or in whole, with temporally contrafactual events (events that are not true at the time of writing).

In contrast to this is non-fiction, which deals exclusively in factual events (e.g.: biographies, histories).

**postman_twit** · 13-11-2010, 16:45

Was just stood in WH Smiths saw The Nemesis File and mentioned it should have been in the fiction section. Blank looks from the assistant.

**Abdiel** · 13-11-2010, 17:16

Originally Posted by Bovril

Which part of the bookshop were you in when you saw the book?

Fiction (Latin: fictum, "created") is a branch of literature which deals, in part or in whole, with temporally contrafactual events (events that are not true at the time of writing).

In contrast to this is non-fiction, which deals exclusively in factual events (e.g.: biographies, histories).

Saw it in the Military History section next to genuine works on NI.

**Spanny** · 13-11-2010, 17:19

Originally Posted by postman_twit

Was just stood in WH Smiths saw The Nemesis File and mentioned it should have been in the fiction section. Blank looks from the assistant.

Come on it's not even bad enough to be caled " Fiction " . It should be in the section featuring colouring in books

**Mr Happy** · 15-11-2010, 06:07

ta the alert, tell the civvies...

**Dragstrip** · 15-11-2010, 08:17

I think we may be mistaking a bookshop with a library. I bet they sell more military fiction books by presenting them amongst the non-fiction titles.

**bald.paul.101** · 29-12-2010, 16:34

I too saw this book in Waterstones, bileld as non-fiction. the write up on the book says he worked in the MRF, which I have read about elsewhere, but it all started going downhill when it stated that Jack Gillespie was the "hardest man in the regiment" Oh dear.

**weekend_worrier** · 22-09-2011, 20:48

I've seen this as well in the Military section of my Waterstones. It seems to be a lot better packaged than 'The Nemesis File', and the author looks like he's done some research on the MRF, but I still smell a rat.

**Tartan_Terrier** · 22-09-2011, 21:14

Originally Posted by bald.paul.101

I too saw this book in Waterstones, bileld as non-fiction. the write up on the book says he worked in the MRF, which I have read about elsewhere, but it all started going downhill when it stated that Jack Gillespie was the "hardest man in the regiment" Oh dear.

That part may be true, apparently he took part in some of the early clinical trials of Viagra.