Книга: Ken Bruen «Purgatory»

Purgatory

Производитель: "Transworld Ireland"

Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33. Jack has had enough. He doesn t need the money, and doesn t want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn t been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon s PR director, Kelly. Caught between heaven and hell, there s only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory. ISBN:9781848271203

Издательство: "Transworld Ireland" (2014)

ISBN: 9781848271203

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Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction.

He was educated in St. Joseph's College in Galway city and later at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned a Ph.D. in metaphysics. Bruen travelled extensively, teaching English in many countries. His travels have been haphazard at times, including a stint in a Brazilian jail.

Bruen is part of a literary circle that includes Jason Starr, Reed Farrell Coleman, and Allan Guthrie.

Bruen's works include the well-received "White Trilogy" and the Shamus Award-winning "The Guards". In 2006, Hard Case Crime released "Bust", a collaboration between Bruen and New York crime author Jason Starr. Bruen's short story "Words Are Cheap" (2006) appears in the first issue of "Murdaland". He has also edited an anthology of stories set in Dublin, "Dublin Noir".

Other works of note include "The Killing of the Tinkers", "The Magdalen Martyrs", "The Dramatist" and "Priest" (nominated for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category "Best Novel"), all part of his Jack Taylor series, which began with "The Guards". Set in Galway, the acclaimed series relates the adventures and misadventures of a disgraced former police officer working as a haphazard private investigator whose life has been marred by alcoholism and drug abuse. It chronicles the social change in Ireland in Bruen's own lifetime, paying particular attention to the decline of the Catholic church as a social and political power. Themes also explored include Ireland's economic prosperity from the mid 1990s onwards, although it is often portrayed as a force which has left Ireland as a materialistic and spiritually drained society which still harbours deep social inequality. This is the side of the Celtic Tiger best portrayed in Bruen's Ireland-based novels. Immigration is also a theme to be found in these works.

He lives in Galway, Ireland. He is married with a daughter.

Further reading

Murphy, Paula. "'Murderous Mayhem': Ken Bruen and the New Ireland." "CLUES: A Journal of Detection" 24.2 (Winter 2006): 3-16

External links

* [http://www.kenbruen.com Official website]

Источник: Ken Bruen

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  • Purgatory — • A place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God s grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Purgatory — Purgatory, in the original sense, is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven, an idea that has ancient roots and is well attested in early… …   Wikipedia

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  • Purgatory — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Purgatory» Sencillo de Iron Maiden del álbum Killers Lado B Genghis Khan Publicación 15 de junio de 1981 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Purgatory — Pur ga*to*ry, a. [L. purgatorius.] Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Purgatory — Pur ga*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. purgatoire.] A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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