Say Nothing

A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

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<p><strong>THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em>BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY</strong></p><p><strong>Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+</strong></p><p><strong>'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby</strong></p><p><strong>From the author of <em>London Falling</em></strong>-<strong> a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.</strong></p><p>One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.</p><p>In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.</p><p>A poem by Seamus Heaney inspires the title: 'Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'. By defying the culture of silence, Keefe illuminates how a close-knit society fractured; how people chose sides in a conflict and turned to violence; and how, when the shooting stopped, some ex-combatants came to look back in horror at the atrocities they had committed, while others continue to advocate violence even today.</p><p><em>Say Nothing</em> deftly weaves the stories of Jean McConville and her family with those of Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA as a front-line soldier, who bombed the Old Bailey when barely out of her teens; Gerry Adams, who helped bring an end to the fighting, but denied his own IRA past; Brendan Hughes, a fearsome IRA commander who turned on Adams after the peace process and broke the IRA's code of silence; and other indelible figures. By capturing t

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008159269

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 130 x 43 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK