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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

by Patrick Radden Keefe

Cover of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Hardcover
Pages 519 pages
Published 2018
Audiobook 14h 40m
Languages English, Catalan, French +8

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Publisher's Summary

“Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book — as finely paced as a novel — Keefe uses McConville’s murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.…

Weighted Score
4.40 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
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R (Avg Rating): 4.47 ★
v (Ratings Count): 397
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.47
True Ratings 397
Written Reviews 58
Shelved (Popularity) 1,313
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Jean McConville
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The Dark
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