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Priest a Jack Taylor novel

From the award-winning author of "The Dramatist" comes an unsettled and original novel. RReaders will appreciate Bruen's stripped-down noir poetry, his superbly rendered sense of place and his evocative portrait of a person balanced on the razor's edgeS ("Publishers Weekly").

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Main Author: Bruen, Ken
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2008.
Series:Bruen, Ken. Jack Taylor novels ; 5.
Subjects:
Taylor, Jack > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Ireland > Galway > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Exorcism > Fiction.
Stalkers > Fiction.
Galway (Ireland) > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Summary:From the award-winning author of "The Dramatist" comes an unsettled and original novel. RReaders will appreciate Bruen's stripped-down noir poetry, his superbly rendered sense of place and his evocative portrait of a person balanced on the razor's edgeS ("Publishers Weekly").
Physical Description:290 pages
ISBN:9780312378271
0312378270
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.

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