Say Nothing: A True Story
Read online or download pdf of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe. Focusing on the abduction and secret killing of Jean McConville by the IRA in 1972, the book unravels the complexities of this period. It explores the culture of silence, memory distortions, and pivotal events like “Bloody Sunday.” Through personal accounts, Keefe sheds light on the IRA’s ideology and British missions. A haunting exploration of history and memory in Northern Ireland.
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Say Nothing takes the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, a widowed mother of ten taken from her Belfast flat by the IRA, and uses it to open the whole Troubles. Keefe worked from the Boston College oral history tapes, recorded on a promise…
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