Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a senior
fellow at The Century Foundation, and the author of ‘The Snakehead:
An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld' and the ‘American Dream
and Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global
Eavesdropping'. He writes about legal issues, crime, national
security, and foreign policy. (And pop culture occasionally,
too.)
In 2014, Patrick received the National Magazine Award for Feature
Writing, for his story "A Loaded Gun." The recipient of a Marshall
Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and fellowships at the
Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public
Library and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Patrick has been a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the
Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Book on
International Affairs.
Patrick grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts and went to college at
Columbia. He received Masters degrees from Cambridge University and
the London School of Economics, and a JD from Yale Law School.
A Best Book of the Year: The Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Economist, GQ, Slate, NPR, Variety, Slate, Buzzfeed WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING ONE OF DUA LIPA'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ‘Breathtaking in its scope and ambition… Keefe has produced a searing examination of the nature of truth in war and the toll taken by violence and deceit… Will take its place alongside the best of the books about the Troubles’ Sunday Times, A Book of the Year ‘Keefe’s narrative is an architectural feat, expertly constructed out of complex and contentious material, arranged and balanced just so… This sensitive and judicious book raises some troubling, and perhaps unanswerable, questions’ New York Times, A Book of the Year ‘Unforgettable… Radden Keefe examines the profound human cost of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the lengths that people will go to in pursuit of a political ideal’ Dua Lipa, A Book of the Year ‘A gripping and profoundly human explanation for a past that still denies and defines the future… Only an outsider could have written a book this good … If conclusions are possible, Radden Keefe’s is that everyone became complicit in the terror… I can’t praise this book enough: it’s erudite, accessible, compelling, enlightening. I thought I was bored by Northern Ireland’s past until I read it’ The Times ‘An exceptional new book, Say Nothing explores this brittle landscape to devastating effect’ Wall Street Journal ‘The best book I’ve read for a while, it’s fantastic’ John Oliver
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