A grippingly dark and uncompromising novel, re-released to tie-in to the 2010 film starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley
Ken Bruen was born in Galway, Ireland. After turning down a place at RADA, and completing a doctorate in Metaphysics, he spent 25 years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, South East Asia and South America. An unscheduled stint in a Brazilian prison where he suffered physical and mental abuse spurred him to write, and after a brief spell teaching in London, he returned to Galway, where he now lives with his daughter.
Truly great entertainment, permeated with a dark and disturbing
strand that'll stay with you long after the final denouement.
*Time Out*
Bruen is the finest purveyor of intelligent Brit-noir...delectably
dark and nastily entertaining
*The Big Issue*
Bruen combines staccato prose and hard-edged dialogue with gritty
realism and a terrifying look at London's dark underbelly. This one
packs one hell of a powerful punch.
*Booklist*
Unnervingly clever...Bruen has a patent on flinty dialogue and a
disquieting feel for the language of violence.
*New York Times*
A crackingly written, taut and well-characterised crime yarn.
*Telegraph*
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