{"product_id":"say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland-9780008159269","title":"Say Nothing : A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9780008159269?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Patrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNorthern Ireland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 August 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 43 | 460g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From the author of Empire of Pain – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Say Nothing 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 the intrigue, the drama and the profound human cost of the Troubles, the book presents a searing chronicle of the lengths that people are willing to go to in pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend – or don’t – in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Radden Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55882728571258,"sku":"9780008159269","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008159269_ada5dfc7-5bcf-42ae-bc68-6edc98b0566f.jpg?v=1765918989","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/cy\/products\/say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland-9780008159269","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}