Author: Patrick Radden Keefe
Publisher: Doubleday – New York
First Edition 2021
ISBN 978-0-385-54568-6
535 Pages
PRAISE FOR SAY NOTHING:
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
NEWYORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
NEW YORK TIMES TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
WASHINGTON POST TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
TIME MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE DECADE
“Resolutely humane… Say Nothing [has an] exacting and terrifying lucidity… Meticulously reported… Keefe’s narrative is an architectural fear, expertly constructed out of complex and contentious material, arranged and balanced just so… An absorbing drama.”
-JENNIFER SZALAI, the New York Times
“Exceptional… Explores this brittle landscape [of Northern Ireland] to devastating effect… Fierce reporting… It is a dizzying panorama, yet Mr.Keefe presents it with clarity.”
-MICHAEL O’DONNELI, the Wall Street Journal
“Say Nothing investigates the mystery of a missing mother and reveals a still-raw violent past… The book often reads like a novel, but as anyone familiar with his work for The New Yorker can attest, Keefe is an obsessive reporter and researcher, a master of narrative nonfiction… An incredible story.” –Rolling Stone
“Haunting… As a cautionary tale, Say Nothing speaks volumes-about the zealotry of youth, the long-term consequences of violence and the politics of forgetting.”
-DEVLIN BARRETT, the Washington Post
“Say Nothing has lots of the qualities of good fiction… Keefe is a terrific storyteller… He brings his characters to real life. The book is cleverly structured. We follow people-victim, perpetrator, backs to victim-leave them, forget about them, and rejoin them decades later. It can be read as a detective story… What Keefe captures best, though, is the tragedy, the damage and waste, and the idea of moral injury… Say Nothing is an excellent account of the Troubles.”
-RODDY DOYLE, the New York Times Book Review
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