Ken Bruen
Autor/a de The Guards
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
Crèdit de la imatge: Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press
Sèrie
Obres de Ken Bruen
Wednesday's Child 2 exemplars
Dogtown 2 exemplars
To Have and to Hold 2 exemplars
The Jack Taylor Series, Books 1-3: The Guards, The Killing of the Tinkers, and The Magdalen Martyrs 1 exemplars
McDead 1 exemplars
[Taming the alien] ; Aliens Bändigung 1 exemplars
Angel Of Hospitality 1 exemplars
The Dead Room 1 exemplars
2012 1 exemplars
Danny Boy 1 exemplars
Fade to...Brooklyn 1 exemplars
Miami Purity 1 exemplars
Colt 1 exemplars
The Green Lie 1 exemplars
Time of the Green 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels (2012) 244 exemplars
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Col·laborador — 209 exemplars
Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (2017) — Col·laborador — 191 exemplars
Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (2011) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem, and Suspense (2009) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Borderland Noir: Stories & Essays of Love & Death across the Rio Grande (2015) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Crime Factory Issue 1 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- 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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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 72
- També de
- 36
- Membres
- 6,807
- Popularitat
- #3,590
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 321
- ISBN
- 451
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 50
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)