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From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Carrie Johnson The best book I read last year. 📚 https://t.co/CULq9zZHEU (Source)
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Margot Wallström I recommend the book ”Say nothing” about Northern Ireland and IRA. It makes fascinating reading about memories, murder, mourning and making peace. (Source)
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Mikko Takkunen Just finished reading this remarkable book by @praddenkeefe. I was baffled getting this from @VeronicaSanchis as I don’t remember ever showing particular interest in the Troubles, but she obviously knows me better than I do. https://t.co/KlBCF41y47 https://t.co/PnJlLCZyQD (Source)
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Nicole Cliffe @HRH_Rach Brilliant book (Source)
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Nikhil Goyal @Rainesford "say nothing" - best book I've read in years (Source)
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Talia Lavin fellow audiobook freaks.... this book is amazing and the reader is AMAZING https://t.co/inwEtWBTsP (Source)
Rankings by Category
Say Nothing is ranked in the following categories:
- #14 in Archives
- #38 in British History
- #66 in Crime
- #64 in Crime Mystery
- #49 in European History
- #30 in Historical Nonfiction
- #97 in History
- #61 in International Relations
- #74 in Journalism
- #15 in Journalists
- #64 in Murder
- #60 in Murder Mystery
- #18 in NPR
- #15 in New York Times Bestseller
- #13 in True Crime
- #93 in True Stories
- #60 in World History