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Say Nothing

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Say Nothing
Full titleSay Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
AuthorPatrick Radden Keefe
Published2018
Pages536
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listKeefe builds the Troubles out of one disappearance — Jean McConville’s — and the IRA members who were there, ending on what a peace settlement does to people who committed the violence.

Where I heard about it

  • The replies to @typesfast — named in the thread asking “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 2025); the full set of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

  • Terrorism — The subject at close range.
  • Narrative — Keefe’s method: one crime carrying an entire conflict.
  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
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