Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Summary
Patrick Radden Keefe

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

Patrick Radden Keefe's nonfiction book, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, recounts the turbulent and violent period of sectarian warfare in Northern Ireland called the Troubles. His book uses the murder of Jean McConville as a central example of the Irish Republican Army's disappearing tactic, which took the lives of many people whose families were left without answer and fearful for their own safety. Through the telling of McConville's disappearance, Keefe introduces a cast of IRA members whose legacies are largely unknown to the average person but who were instrumental in shaping the Northern Ireland from the 1970s to the new millennium. This book evokes themes such as reconciliation, adaptation, glory, and more.