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Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33.
Jack has had enough. He doesn’t need the money, and doesn’t want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn’t been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon’s PR director, Kelly.
Caught between heaven and hell, there’s only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory.
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KEN BRUEN received a PhD in metaphysics; taught English in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America; andthen became a crime novelist. His novels have been nominated for many awards, including two Edgars.
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*Starred Review* Unusually flush, sober, and settled into a new apartment stocked to the gills with books, Jack Taylor is no longer entertaining requests to hunt Galway’s disappeared, identify the tormenters of its marginalized, or root out authoritarian abusers. But Jack’s reputation as the man who’ll deliver some manner of truth and justice stands, and he’ll not walk away from Galway’s darkness easily. C33, a vigilante killing criminals who have escaped legal justice through technicalities, seems to think Jack is a suitable playmate. Dropping Jack a note about the latest killing, C33 identifies the next mark and signs off with, “Your turn.” Despite the challenge, Jack hopes to avoid jumping back into the mix and sets his ally Stewart on C33’s heels. In the meantime, Jack becomes entangled with Reardon, a crazy surfer mogul snatching up parts of Galway. Throughout, Jack’s brutal inner voice shouts dire predictions as his attempts to avoid past mistakes lead to disasters for his friends and a hunt for the killer he’s foolishly dismissed. Bruen’s storytelling style, a stream-of-consciousness mix of prose and verse, strips away Galway’s tourist-board facade and offers a darkly comic social commentary. Jack Taylor tales don’t end well; that’s just not the life our Jack’s living. But Bruen always respects his characters, and they end right. Noir fans will find exactly what they love here. Note to RA librarians looking for links: The BBC series Jack, based on the Jack Taylor series, is now available in the U.S., and it’s almost as good as the books. --Christine Tran
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- PublisherTransworld Ireland
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1848271204
- ISBN 13 9781848271203
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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