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Say nothing, a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-427) and index

no index present

non fiction

Say nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe

a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the Jean McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. From radical and impetuous IRA terrorists such as Dolours Price, who was planting bombs and targeting informers when she was barely out of her teens, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace by betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his IRA past"A narrative about a notorious killing that took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and its devastating repercussions to this day"--, Provided by publisher

Prologue: The treasure room -- Book one: The clear, clean, sheer thing. An abduction ; Albert's daughters ; Evacuation ; An underground army ; St. Jude's walk ; The dirty dozen ; The little brigadier ; The cracked cup ; Orphans ; The Freds -- Book two: Human sacrifice. Close England! ; The Belfast Ten ; The toy salesman ; The ultimate weapon ; Captives ; A clockwork doll ; Field day ; The bloody envelope ; Blue ribbons -- Book three: A reckoning. A secret archive ; On the ledge ; Touts ; Bog queen ; An entanglement of lies ; The last gun ; The mystery radio ; The Boston tapes ; Death by misadventure ; This is the past ; The unknown

adult