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KEN
BRUEN
KEN
BRUEN was born in Galway in 1951 and is the author of 12 previous novels,
five of which have been published by The Do-Not Press. Hes worked
as English teacher in Africa, Japan, South East Asia and South America.
A film of the novel Her Last Call To Louis MacNeice is currently
in production and his WHITE TRILOGY (A White Arrest, Taming
The Alien and The McDead of which this is the
follow-up) has been bought for television by Deep Indigo Productions.
Ken Bruen lives in Galway with his wife and daughter. He is also the author
of the Jack Taylor series ('The Guards' to buy from Amazon click
here;
'The Killing of the Tinkers' to buy from Amazon click here and The Magdelain Martyrs – to buy from Amazon click here)
published by the leading Irish independent publishing house, Brandon.
Bruen uses a clipped, telegraphic style reminiscent of James
Ellroys White Jazz
he infuses his story with
a brand of humour that is alternately sly, bizarre, ribald and very dark
Booklist (USA)
Irish
writer Ken Bruen is the finest purveyor of intelligent Brit-noir
Tina Jackson, The Big Issue (London)
Bruens
writing is lean, mean and deliciously sharp TIME OUT
(published by The Do-Not Press):
The Hackman Blues (1997)
A White Arrest (1998)
Taming The Alien (1999)
The McDead (2000)
London Boulevard (2001)
Blitz (2002)
Vixen (2003)
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