Killing Rage is a book documenting the real events of author Eamon Collins

Eamon Collins

Eamon Collins was a Provisional Irish Republican Army activist in the late 1970s and 1980s. He turned his back on the organisation in the late 1980s and later co-authored a book called Killing Rage telling of his experiences in the IRA...

 during his time in the Provisional IRA. The book explains how Collins joined the IRA, what service he performed for them, and his eventual role as a supergrass

Supergrass

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 for the Royal Ulster Constabulary

Royal Ulster Constabulary

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A short time after this book was published, a masked man came to Collin's house and demanded his car keys. The man proceeded to burn the car. A short time after this incident Collins was stabbed. This attack is described in the preface of subsequent editions of Killing Rage.