Editing Odd Man Out (section)

===Development===
F.L. Green's novel, also used as the basis of the 1969 [[Sidney Poitier]] film ''[[The Lost Man]]'', was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|IRA]] in Belfast, in consequence of which [[Northern Ireland]] undertook its first and only execution of an [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]], 19-year-old [[Tom Williams (Irish republican)|Tom Williams]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ireland in the Twentieth Century|last=Coogan|first=Tim Pat|publisher=Random House|year=2003|location=London|isbn=9780099415220|page=334}}.</ref> In the novel, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader, Johnny Murtah, kills an innocent man, and he is gravely wounded. The source of Green's familiarity with the Belfast IRA at the time is thought to be the Belfast writer [[Denis Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://treasonfelony.wordpress.com/tag/john-graham/|title=John Graham|date=14 February 2019 |publisher=The Treason Felony Blog|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> Ireland's anti-[[Partition of Ireland|Partition]] Ulster Union Club had been infiltrated by the IRA intelligence officer and recruiter [[John Graham (Irish republican)|John Graham]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The IRA|last=Coogan|first=Tim Pat|publisher=Macmillan|year=2002|location=London|page=178}}</ref>