NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
One of The New York Times’s 20 Best Books of the 21st Century
"Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. 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. 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
"Reads like a novel ... Keefe is ... a master of narrative nonfiction. . .An incredible story."—Rolling Stone
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, and more!
Product details
Publisher : Anchor; Reprint edition (February 25, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 560 pages
ISBN-10 : 0307279286
ISBN-13 : 978-0307279286
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.13 x 1.11 x 7.95 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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#27 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts
Customer Reviews: 4.6
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