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The Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel . . . writes in machine gun fashion . . . reminiscent of the work of Raymond Chandler and Peter Cheyenne. The Irish Times
In Green Hell, Bruens dark angel of a protagonist has hit rock bottom: one of his best friends is dead, the other has stopped speaking to him; he has given up battling his addiction to alcohol and pills; and his firing from the Irish national police, the Guards, is ancient history. But Jack isnt about to embark on a self-improvement plan. Instead, he has taken up a vigilante case against a respected professor of literature at the University of Galway who has a violent habit his friends in high places are only too happy to ignore. And when Jack rescues a preppy American student on a Rhodes Scholarship from a couple of kid thugs, he also unexpectedly gains a new sidekick, who abandons his thesis on Beckett to write a biography of Galways most magnetic rogue.
Between pub crawls and violent outbursts, Jacks vengeful plot against the professor soon spirals toward chaos. Enter Emerald, an edgy young Goth who could either be the answer to Jacks problems, or the last ripped stitch in his undoing . . .
Taylor is a classic figure: an ex-cop turned seedy private eye . . . The books pleasure comes from listening to Taylors eloquent rants, studded with references to songs and books. His voice is wry and bittersweet, but somehow always hopeful. The Seattle Times
Genre: Mystery
In Green Hell, Bruens dark angel of a protagonist has hit rock bottom: one of his best friends is dead, the other has stopped speaking to him; he has given up battling his addiction to alcohol and pills; and his firing from the Irish national police, the Guards, is ancient history. But Jack isnt about to embark on a self-improvement plan. Instead, he has taken up a vigilante case against a respected professor of literature at the University of Galway who has a violent habit his friends in high places are only too happy to ignore. And when Jack rescues a preppy American student on a Rhodes Scholarship from a couple of kid thugs, he also unexpectedly gains a new sidekick, who abandons his thesis on Beckett to write a biography of Galways most magnetic rogue.
Between pub crawls and violent outbursts, Jacks vengeful plot against the professor soon spirals toward chaos. Enter Emerald, an edgy young Goth who could either be the answer to Jacks problems, or the last ripped stitch in his undoing . . .
Taylor is a classic figure: an ex-cop turned seedy private eye . . . The books pleasure comes from listening to Taylors eloquent rants, studded with references to songs and books. His voice is wry and bittersweet, but somehow always hopeful. The Seattle Times
Genre: Mystery
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