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Bezig met laden... Kruis (2007)door Ken Bruen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. [Cross] by Ken Bruen Jack Taylor series Book #3 4.5★'s Jack Taylor used to be cop...a very good cop... and then life got in the way and Jack's life unraveled. Along with a Cody...a young man that refused to take no for an answer...they set out on the next best thing than being a cop that Jack could find... being a private investigator. Jack's personal life gets in the way in this endeavor also and [Cross] opens with Cody in a coma in the hospital barely hanging onto life and Jack taking up residence at any local Galway pub. It seems there are times when Jack is merely reacting to events and appears lost in a world he no longer understands. Ken Brune's writing is like no one else's that I can think of. He brings his characters to life with such imagination. Jack Taylor reminds me of a train wreck on it's way to happen. You don't want to watch but you can't turn away. My grandmother and mother came from Ireland and I can see where the author gives the reader a real sense of the Irish...the religion...the cultural and the historic influences on their lives. This series and the characters are diffidently unique. Jack Taylor is a washed-up, alcoholic (but off the booze for the moment) ex Guarda who makes a living looking into things. He's at the end of his rope from the beginning of the book because he feels responsible for a young boy who was shot and is in a coma because of him. His one friend is undergoing medical test and asks for his help looking into a nasty murder of a young boy. Jack stumbles his way through various investigations, basically mucking up just about everything he touches. This is a grey, grim, violent book touched with humour and despair and very jaundiced views of life and Irish society in particular. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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In 'Cross', written by Ken Bruen, Jack Taylor investigates a gruesome crucifixion in Galway, but first he must face his own demons. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Bruen has a crisp, clean style, but the book is padded with white space. The never-ending quotations and references are more under control these days. He nails the underside of Ireland. But he is the most depressing writer I have ever read--so depressing that he makes you feel lucky even with your mucked-up, not-good-forrmuch life.
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