But Anyway is a vivid, emotionally honest memoir-led collection charting Joby Fox’s childhood and early adulthood in Republican West Belfast during the Troubles, told through ten self-contained but connected stories.
 
Book Summary:
But Anyway is a personal account of growing up amid violence, humour, fear, grief, and loyalty in divided Belfast, seen first through a child’s eyes and later through the increasingly complicated perspective of a young man forced to mature too quickly. The book moves from innocence to harder experience, with a pivotal mid-point that marks the loss of childhood and a final section that resolves around a life-changing choice: music instead of deeper involvement in the conflict.