Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

519 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced

Description

Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book -- as finely paced as a novel -- Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the...

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sad 37%
emotional 36%
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adventurous 7%
inspiring 2%
hopeful 1%

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fast 11%

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