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Ken Bruen

Autor/a de The Guards

72+ obres 6,807 Membres 321 Ressenyes 50 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Ken Bruen was born in 1951 in Galway, Ireland. He was educated at Gormanston College, Meath and later at Trinity College Dublin where he earned a PhD. in metaphysics. He spent 25 years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, Asia and South America. Ken Bruen's works include the well reeived White mostra'n més Trilogy and a book entitled The Guards, which won a Shamus Award .He also edited an anthology of stories set in Dublin entitled Dublin Noir. His writing speciality is crime fiction. Some of his other works include The Killing of the Tinkers, The Magdalen Martyrs, and The Dramatist and Priest, which was nominated for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. Ken Bruen is also the recipient of the first David Loeb Gooodis Award in 2008 for his dedication to his art. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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Obres de Ken Bruen

The Guards (2001) 867 exemplars
The Killing of the Tinkers (2002) 458 exemplars
The Magdalen Martyrs (2003) 387 exemplars
Bust (2006) 351 exemplars
Priest (2006) 342 exemplars
The Dramatist (2004) 332 exemplars
Cross (2007) 302 exemplars
Slide (2007) 241 exemplars
London Boulevard (2002) 208 exemplars
The Max (2008) 207 exemplars
Sanctuary (2008) 192 exemplars
Once Were Cops (2008) 178 exemplars
Headstone (2011) 173 exemplars
Blitz (2002) 172 exemplars
Vixen (2003) 158 exemplars
The Devil (2010) 156 exemplars
Calibre (2006) 155 exemplars
American Skin (2006) 141 exemplars
The White Trilogy (2003) 137 exemplars
Ammunition (2007) 117 exemplars
Purgatory (2013) 116 exemplars
Green Hell (2016) 112 exemplars
A White Arrest (1998) 107 exemplars
Rilke on Black (Mask Noir) (1996) 105 exemplars
The Ghosts of Galway (2017) 101 exemplars
In the Galway Silence (2018) 98 exemplars
The Emerald Lie (2016) 91 exemplars
Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice (1998) 87 exemplars
Tower (2009) 85 exemplars
Galway Girl (2019) 71 exemplars
The Hackman Blues (1998) 64 exemplars
Pimp (2016) 64 exemplars
The McDead (1667) 57 exemplars
Taming the Alien (1999) 50 exemplars
A Galway Ephiphany (2020) 45 exemplars
Dispatching Baudelaire (1905) 42 exemplars
The Book of Virtue (2011) 28 exemplars
Callous (2021) 12 exemplars
Merrick (2014) 9 exemplars
Wednesday's Child 2 exemplars
Shades of Grace (1993) 2 exemplars
MURDER BY THE BOOK (2005) 2 exemplars
Brooklyn requiem (2010) 2 exemplars
Dogtown 2 exemplars
Une pinte de Bruen 2 (2011) 2 exemplars
To Have and to Hold 2 exemplars
The Galway Trinity (2012) 1 exemplars
McDead 1 exemplars
Brant (Inspector Brant) (2017) 1 exemplars
The Dead Room 1 exemplars
2012 1 exemplars
Danny Boy 1 exemplars
El alien (2008) 1 exemplars
Une pinte de Bruen 1 (2010) 1 exemplars
Fade to...Brooklyn 1 exemplars
Miami Purity 1 exemplars
Colt 1 exemplars
Martyrs (1994) 1 exemplars
The Green Lie 1 exemplars
Time of the Green 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Inherit the Dead (2013) — Col·laborador — 290 exemplars
First Thrills (2010) — Col·laborador — 248 exemplars
Brooklyn Noir (2004) — Col·laborador — 202 exemplars
Killer Year: A Criminal Anthology (2008) — Col·laborador — 171 exemplars
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (2010) — Col·laborador — 132 exemplars
21st Century Dead (2012) — Col·laborador — 116 exemplars
Hellboy: Oddest Jobs (2008) — Col·laborador — 103 exemplars
London Noir (2006) — Col·laborador — 94 exemplars
A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007) — Col·laborador — 78 exemplars
The Cocaine Chronicles (2005) — Col·laborador — 68 exemplars
The Best British Mysteries 2006 (2005) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (2006) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (2008) — Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
First Thrills: Volume 2 (2011) — Col·laborador — 53 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 (2010) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9 (2012) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10 (2013) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Art in the Blood (2006)algunes edicions19 exemplars
Hardboiled Brooklyn (2006) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
London Boulevard [2010 film] (2013) — Novel — 16 exemplars
On Dangerous Ground: Stories of Western Noir (2011) — Autor — 16 exemplars
Uncommon Assassins (2012) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power (2008) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Requiems for the Departed (2010) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem, and Suspense (2009) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Ink and Daggers (2023) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
West Coast Crime Wave (2011) — Pròleg — 4 exemplars
Moord uit het boekje (2013) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1951-01-03
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Ireland
País (per posar en el mapa)
Ireland
Lloc de naixement
Galway, Ireland
Llocs de residència
Galway, Ireland
Educació
Trinity College, Dublin (Phd Metaphysics)
Gormanston College (County Meath)
Professions
novelist
English teacher
Agent
Lukas Ortiz
Biografia breu
Ken Bruen besuchte das St. Joseph’s College in Galway City, später das Trinity College Dublin, an dem er über Metaphysik promovierte.
Bevor er zu schreiben begann, hatte er 25 Jahre lang als Englischlehrer in Afrika, Japan, Südostasien und Südamerika gelebt und gearbeitet. Heute ist er Mitglied eines literarischen Zirkels um Jason Starr, Reed Farrel Coleman und Allan Guthrie. Seine Bücher wurden mit zahlreichen Preisen geehrt, u. a. mit dem renommierten Shamus Award und dem französischen Grand prix de littérature policière.
Bruen lebt mit seiner Frau und einer gemeinsamen Tochter in seiner Geburtsstadt Galway.
Seit 2010 wird mit Jack Taylor eine auf seiner Jack-Taylor-Buchserie basierende Fernseh-Krimireihe produziert.

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Jack Taylor returns!

Ok, I never tire of Jack Taylor. Hard bitten, alcoholic ex Guardia turned detective, who lives around the edges, alternating between kindness, generosity, driven intent, all whilst shrugging his shoulders at the world that passes him by. He’s totally outrageous. A mostly cynical, Jameson drinking, hard living, all softened by his easily accepting Irish charm.
Jack’s been in a coma for the last eighteen months. The world has passed him by. He’s essentially missed Covid, the English Parliament destroying itself, Liz Truss and her shortest reign as Prime Minister in history, the craziness of Brexit, the war in Ukraine—all whilst he was non compus mentis.
Now he’s being asked to find out who’s killing nuns.
Oh, and who’s setting homeless people alight?
Welcome back, Jack! The world has been a poorer place with you out of action.
Bruen’s conversation style, hard hitting language, softened by the occasional poetic voice is a treat.
So love Jack Taylor novels!
Oh, and my reading images always default to actor Iain Glen. He’s seared into my mind as Jack.

A W.W. Norton ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
… (més)
 
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eyes.2c | Mar 2, 2024 |
The crime itself didn’t seem to be the main part of the plot
 
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jimifenway | Hi ha 15 ressenyes més | Jan 24, 2024 |
Great Jack Taylor debut, love all the name checks
 
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jimifenway | Hi ha 54 ressenyes més | Dec 30, 2023 |
I want to be clear up front. This book is not going to be for everyone. It is bleak. It isn't really much of a mystery. It doesn't follow conventional writing rules. You might not like the main character. You probably shouldn't like the main character. If you find yourself reading it and wondering why. Stop, walk away and find yourself another novel.

If, however, you are like me and the writing catches you immediately. If Taylor despite all his flaws and heartbreak speaks to you. If the writing style seems to crackle in your brain. Keep reading because you are in for a treat.

I actually found Bruen's writing style a little off putting in The White Trilogy. Enough that I had never gone back but I decided I was going to watch the TV show this summer and before I did I should give the book a shot. I am glad I did. I have immediately moved onto the next in the series.
… (més)
 
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cdaley | Hi ha 54 ressenyes més | Nov 2, 2023 |

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Obres
72
També de
36
Membres
6,807
Popularitat
#3,590
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
321
ISBN
451
Llengües
12
Preferit
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