num_pages: 192
description: When Michael Dillon is ordered by the IRA to park his car in the carpark of a Belfast hotel, he is faced with a moral choice which leaves him absolutely nowhere to turn. He knows that he is planting a bomb that would kill and maim dozens of people. But he also knows that if he doesn't, his wife will be killed.
language: English
title: Lies of Silence
titlecomplete: Lies of Silence
genres: Classics, Ireland, Irish Literature, Novels, School, Thriller, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2405
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Random House UK Ltd.