As part of The New York Times Book Review’s project on the 100 Best Books published since the year 2000, Nick Hornby called Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland one of the “greatest literary achievements of the 21st century.” Its author, Patrick Radden Keefe, joins the host Gilbert Cruz to talk about his book, which has now been adapted into an FX mini-series. Keefe has now seen his reporting on the life of the Irish Republican Army soldier Dolours Price and others make its way from a New Yorker magazine article to an acclaimed nonfiction book to a streaming series.

“In terms of storytelling, I try to write in a way that is as visceral and engaging as possible, but the tool kit that you have when you make a series is so much more visceral. It’s almost fissile in its power.” —Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and a New York Times bestselling author. He is the author of Rogues, Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, as well as two earlier nonfiction books: The Snakehead and Chatter. Keefe will appear at the 2025 Festival.