Книга: Ken Bruen «The Devil»

The Devil

America - the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: - but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry. Jack resumes his old life in Galway. But when he's called to investigate the frenzied murder of a student, he remembers an encounter with an over-friendly stranger in the airport bar. A stranger who seemed to know rather more than he should about Jack. After several more murders and too many encounters to be coincidental, Jack believes he may have met his nemesis. But why has he been chosen? And could he really be dealing with the Devil himself?

Издательство: "Transworld Ireland" (2011)

Формат: 130x200, 304 стр.

ISBN: 978-1-848-27020-6

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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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