![]() In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the IRA was responsible. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a 38-year-old mother of 10, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." ( New York Times Book Review, 10 Best Books of the Year)įrom award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions ![]() 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. ![]() "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist One of the Best 10 Books of the Year - Washington Post One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Yearīest Nonfiction Book of the Year - Time Magazine ![]()
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