Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
This book would have been better or at least more suspenseful if I hadn't heard the author describe the whole plot during a podcast.
But it is an interesting look at the Troubles in Northern Ireland during relatively modern history. The main take away was that Gerry Adams, despite his denials, was in the IRA and directed terror campaigns. Another take away is that people were pretty shitty on both sides.
The book is structured around the disappearance of single mother of ten Jean McConville in the 1970s from her flat. No word was ever given to what happened to her. The masked gunmen that took her told her kids that she would be back in a few hours. Twenty years later they were still waiting.
Reading this book felt a lot like homework at times.
This book would have been better or at least more suspenseful if I hadn't heard the author describe the whole plot during a podcast.
But it is an interesting look at the Troubles in Northern Ireland during relatively modern history. The main take away was that Gerry Adams, despite his denials, was in the IRA and directed terror campaigns. Another take away is that people were pretty shitty on both sides.
The book is structured around the disappearance of single mother of ten Jean McConville in the 1970s from her flat. No word was ever given to what happened to her. The masked gunmen that took her told her kids that she would be back in a few hours. Twenty years later they were still waiting.
Reading this book felt a lot like homework at times.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm