THE GUARDS

Book ID/图书代码： 10820006B08792

English Summary/英文概要： Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Siochana (The Guards, Ireland’s police force), and staring at the world through the smoky bottom of his beer mug, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to. He is teetering on the brink of his life’s sharpest edges, his memories of the past cutting deep into his soul and his prospects for the future nonexistent. Nonexistent, that is, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange request and a rumor about Jack’s talent for finding things. Odds are he won’t be able to climb off his barstool long enough to get involved with his radiant new client, but when he surprises himself by getting hired, Jack has little idea of what he’s getting into. Stark, violent, sharp, and funny, The Guards is an exceptional novel, one that leaves you stunned and breathless, flipping back to the beginning in a mad dash to find Jack Taylor and enter his world all over again. It’s an unforgettable story that’s gritty, absorbing, and saturated with the rough-edged rhythms of the Galway streets. Praised by authors and critics around the globe, The Guards heralds the arrival of an essential new novelist in contemporary crime fiction.

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Awards/获奖情况：謀殺墨水(Murder Ink)年度最受歡迎小說 2003
美國夏姆斯獎年度最佳小說 SHAMUS AWARDS, BEST P.I. NOVEL
入圍推理雜誌Mystery Readers International麥凱維帝獎（Macavity Awards）決選
美國愛倫坡獎(Edgar Award)決選
致命快感雜誌之巴瑞獎（Barry Award）決選

"Edgy, pitch-black humour... With few, if any, antecedents The Guards is one of the curiously rare Irish crime novels" - Guardian "It’s a fine piece of work, a ripping read; set in Galway, funny and sad and tough... I will henceforth be first in the queue for anything he writes" - Gene Kerrigan, Sunday Independent "An elegiac novel of despair and redemption... Bleak, amoral and disturbing" - Irish Independent "A blistering tale of revenge and retribution that comes off the page like a shot off a shovel... Not one for the faint of heart" - The Irish Times

About the Author/作者介绍： Ken Bruen has been an English teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America. He lives in Galway, Ireland.

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