Say nothing : a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland /
by Keefe, Patrick Radden [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : William Collins, 2019Description: 511 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780008159269 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 941.6082 KEESubject(s): McConville, Jean -- Death and burial | Price, Dolours | Adams, Gerry, 1948- | Hughes, Brendan | Provisional IRA | Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century | History | History | Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998Awards: Orwell prize for political writing 2019Summary: 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. 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.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Bootle Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941.6082 KEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 26/10/2024 | 003035951X | ||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941.6082 KEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003035952X | |||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941.6082 KEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003035954X |
Originally published: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. 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.
Orwell prize for political writing 2019
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