{"product_id":"say-nothing-by-patrick-radden-keefe-9780008159269","title":"Say Nothing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe International Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon to be an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century'\u003c\/em\u003e — Nick Hornby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/em\u003e – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSay Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e 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 the pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend – or don’t – in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913774162156,"sku":"9780008159269","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008159269.jpg?v=1731990181","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/say-nothing-by-patrick-radden-keefe-9780008159269","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}