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“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, Ten Best Books of the Year From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious…
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11 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 2020Anchor · 560 pages · 9780307279286
- Audiobook · English · 2019Random House Audio · 9781984841131
- Hardcover · English · 2019Doubleday · 464 pages · 9780385521314
- Paperback · English · 2019Random House Large Print · 800 pages · 9781984883216
- Other · English · 2019HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 528 pages · 9780008159269
- Other · English · 2019Doubleday · 464 pages · 9780385543378
European World HistoryTroublestrue crimemurderhistoryIrish republican armyAbductionNorthern ireland, history







