The guards

Main Author:	Bruen, Ken.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004, c2001.
Edition:	1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Series:	Jack Taylor novels ; 1.
Subjects:	Taylor, Jack > (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Private investigators > Ireland > Galway (County) > Fiction. Ex-police officers > Fiction. Galway (Ireland : County) > Fiction. Mystery fiction > Ireland.

Item Description:	Originally published: Dingle, Ireland : Brandon, c2001.
Physical Description:	291 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	0312320272 9780312320270 0312303556
Author Notes:	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 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)