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Feb 17, 2018KlayDyer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is my first taste of a Ken Bruen novel, and I feel as though I have discovered an entire new genre and lead character. Classic crime story antihero meets pop-culture-trivia-nerd meets Irish storytelling meets... you get the picture. And while we have seen this type of deeply hybridized narrative elsewhere (as in the case of, say, Chuck Palahniuk), there is something very unique here, and very compelling. But whereas Palahniuk is fight club, Bruen is a shot of rough whiskey. Not the top-shelf stuff, but the deep burn stuff that grounds you immediately in the Jack Taylor's violence, intriguing, somewhat sordid world as well as in Galway as both setting and character. Is this a style that will appeal to all readers? Not for a moment. But for those who have even glimpsed the undertones of humanity, there is a sense of homecoming in these pages. A somewhat unsettling comfort in the act of knowing. And in that knowing comes the desire to reach for another shot before heading for the door...