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Jack Taylor Ser.: The Guards : A Jack Taylor Novel by Ken Bruen (2004, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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It's dark, funny, and moving--just for starters. This is mystery writing of a high order.". --T. Jefferson Parker, author of "Black Water and "Silent Joe. "The Guards is a wonderful book, wrenching and real, fast, funny and wise in every sense.

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Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Siochana--The Guards, Ireland's police force--and staring at the world through the smoky bottom of his beer mug, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to. In his sober moments Jack aspires to become Ireland's best private investigator, not to mention its first--Irish history, full of betrayal and espionage, discourages any profession so closely related to informing. But in truth Jack is teetering on the brink of his life's sharpest edges, his memories of the past cutting deep into his soul and his prospects for the future nonexistent. Nonexistent, that is, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange request and a rumor about Jack's talent for finding things. Odds are he won't be able to climb off his barstool long enough to get involved with his radiant new client, but when he surprises himself by getting hired, Jack has little idea of what he's getting into. Stark, violent, sharp, and funny, The Guards is an exceptional novel, one that leaves you stunned and breathless, flipping back to the beginning in a mad dash to find Jack Taylor and enter his world all over again. It's an unforgettable story that's gritty, absorbing, and saturated with the rough-edged rhythms of the Galway streets. Praised by authors and critics around the globe, The Guards heralds the arrival of an essential new novelist in contemporary crime fiction. Ken Bruen's The Guards is a 2004 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312320272
ISBN-13
9780312320270
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4566664

Product Key Features

Book Title
Guards : a Jack Taylor Novel
Author
Ken Bruen
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year
2004
Book Series
Jack Taylor Ser.
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
1
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Bruen is a brilliant, lyrical, deeply moving writer who can make you laugh and cry in the same paragraph and whose characters are so sharply portrayed that they almost walk off the page at you. If you like Ian Rankin, Dennis Lehane, Pelecanos, and the like, Bruen is definitely a writer to reckon with."-Denver Post "Bruen is an original, grimly hilarious and gloriously Irish. I await the further adventures of the incorrigible Jack Taylor."-Patrick Anderson, Washington Post "The next major new Irish voice we hear might well belong to Ken Bruen."-Chicago Tribune, "Bruen is a brilliant, lyrical, deeply moving writer who can make you laugh and cry in the same paragraph and whose characters are so sharply portrayed that they almost walk off the page at you. If you like Ian Rankin, Dennis Lehane, Pelecanos, and the like, Bruen is definitely a writer to reckon with."- Denver Post "Bruen is an original, grimly hilarious and gloriously Irish. I await the further adventures of the incorrigible Jack Taylor."-Patrick Anderson, Washington Post "The next major new Irish voice we hear might well belong to Ken Bruen."- Chicago Tribune, "Bruen is a brilliant, lyrical, deeply moving writer who can make you laugh and cry in the same paragraph and whose characters are so sharply portrayed that they almost walk off the page at you. If you like Ian Rankin, Dennis Lehane, Pelecanos, and the like, Bruen is definitely a writer to reckon with." -- Denver Post "Bruen is an original, grimly hilarious and gloriously Irish. I await the further adventures of the incorrigible Jack Taylor." -- Patrick Anderson, Washington Post "The next major new Irish voice we hear might well belong to Ken Bruen." -- Chicago Tribune, Bruen is a brilliant, lyrical, deeply moving writer who can make you laugh and cry in the same paragraph and whose characters are so sharply portrayed that they almost walk off the page at you. If you like Ian Rankin, Dennis Lehane, Pelecanos, and the like, Bruen is definitely a writer to reckon with., Bruen is an original, grimly hilarious and gloriously Irish. I await the further adventures of the incorrigible Jack Taylor.
Dewey Decimal
823.9