Ken Bruen: The Dramatist (USA 2007) From the Publisher: The dealer knows that can't be true and begs Jack to have a look, check around, see what he can find out. It's exactly what Jack does, with varying levels of success, to make a living. But he's reluctant, maybe because of who's asking or maybe because of the bad feeling growing in his gut. Never one to give in to bad feelings or common sense, Jack agrees to the favor, though he can't possibly know the shocking, deadly consequences he has set in motion. But he and everyone he holds dear will find out soon, sooner than anyone knows, in the lean and lethal fourth entry in Ken Bruen's award-winning Jack Taylor series. Ken Bruen: The Dramatist. A Novel. St. Martin's Minotaur, ISBN: 0312363109 (March, 2007), 242 p., $16.99.
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Ken Bruen: The Dramatist (USA 2005) From the Publisher: The dealer knows that can't be true and begs Jack to have a look, check around, see what he can find out. It's exactly what Jack does, with varying levels of success, to make a living. But he's reluctant, maybe because of who's asking or maybe because of the bad feeling growing in his gut. Never one to give in to bad feelings or common sense, Jack agrees to the favor, though he can't possibly know the shocking, deadly consequences he has set in motion. But he and everyone he holds dear will find out soon, sooner than anyone knows, in the lean and lethal fourth entry in Ken Bruen's award-winning Jack Taylor series. Ken Bruen: The Dramatist. A Novel. St. Martin's Minotaur, ISBN: 031231647X (March, 2006), 242 p., $22.95.
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Ken Bruen: The Dramatist (UK 2004) From the Publisher: "Ken Bruen is hard to resist, with his aching Irish heart, silvery tongue and bleak noir sensibility - all on display in The Dramatist.... Bruen... writes with extraordinary delicacy about a man driven to acts of violence out of wild grief and a fierce sense of guilt." The New York Times "[D]eserving of five stars is Ken Bruen's The Dramatist... This is the fourth outing for the failed cop, and probably the best since The Guards." Time Out "What is so fascinating about Ken Bruen's latest book is its layered lines of narrative: the life and (failed) loves of Jack Taylor and the seamier side of life in the cosmopolitan city of Galway, all set against events in the past, and in the world at large." What's on in London Ken Bruen was a finalist for the Edgar, Barry, and Macavity Awards, and the Private Eye Writers of America presented him with the Shamus Award for the Best Novel of 2003 for The Guards, the book that introduced Jack Taylor. Ken received the best series award in February 2007 for the Jack Taylor novels from The Crime Writers Association of America. The Dramatist was nominated in March 2007 for a Gumshoe Award for the BEST EUROPEAN CRIME NOVEL of 2006. Ken Bruen: The Dramatist. A Jack Taylor Novel. Brandon, ISBN: 0863223192 (May, 2004), 237 p., £6.99.
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