Say Nothing A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:HarperCollins
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Verkaufsrang
8433
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
22.08.2019
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
528
Maße (L/B/H)
19,8/13/4,3 cm
Gewicht
464 g
Farbe
Anthrazit / Messing
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-00-815926-9
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From the author of London Falling - a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
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. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.
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.
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.
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gripping like a crime novel
Starting from the stories of an IRA victim, a mother of ten, and a perpetrator, the author unfolds the history of the Northern Ireland conflict. Drawing on interviews and research, he portrays a deeply divided country marked by murder and betrayal, and compellingly traces the escalation of the conflict through to the Good Friday Agreement. Keefe writes with gripping intensity and vivid clarity, offering insights into individual fates that are also emblematic of the wider society. The only shortcoming is the limited portrayal of loyalist paramilitary actions—an aspect the author deliberately omits to preserve the work’s coherence. A highly recommended book that provides profound insight and brings history vividly to life.
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