A chilling tale following the relationship of Shea, an Irish cop/sociopath and his partnership with Kebar, an NYPD officer on the take against his will. Kebar is a cold and ruthless cop, at least with the criminals, but he dearly loves his sister, who suffers from mental illness, and her housing ...
Jack Taylor's world is the underbelly, no doubt, moving among the detritus of society, including Taylor himself. Bruen explores a lot of darkness in this series, but in this one, he casts the Devil himself, and the treatment gets too literal for me. A metaphorical figure of the arch demon would h...
Kněz od K.BruenaAnotace- Nové Irsko se utápí v penězích a vlastní chamtivosti. Lidé přestali dávno hledat útěchu u katolické církve. Ale vražda otce Joyce, jemuž ve zpovědnici galwayského kostela kdosi usekl hlavu, otřese i těmi nejotrlejšími Iry. Jack Taylor sám sebe vždy považoval za beznadějný...
Manchmal treffen Zeit, Ort und der Mensch, der man gerade ist, mit genau dem richtigen Buch zusammen und es hinterlässt etwas Besonderes, Einzigartiges.Vor einigen Jahren in Irland, entdeckte ich am Bloomsday in einer größeren Buchhandlung "The Killing of the Tinkers". Der Autor Ken Bruen war mir...
If I learned anything from reading Ken Bruen’s The Dramatist, it’s that Ireland is a crap hole. Not really, but that’s the way it seems after reading this Noir-ish mystery novel. It’s all the protagonist’s fault. His name is Jack Taylor, and he used to be a guard (the Irish term for a policeman)....
В первой книге Джек Тейлор бухал по-черному, во второй – сидел на коксе, в третьей – начал употреблять вещества и теперь окончательно потерял связь с реальностью. Бродит по Голуэю, разговаривает с несуществующими людьми, раздумывает над суицидом. В начале романа Джек приходит в сознание на больни...