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The Star Factory was published in 1997. It was re-issued in 2020, shortly after its author Ciaran Carson died. It has been lauded as a triumphant self-portrait and hymn to his native City of Belfast. At its heart are stories that span from his 1950s boyhood up to and beyond the outbreak of the Troubles.