Ken Bruen received a doctorate in metaphysics, taught English in South Africa, and then became a crime novelist. The critically acclaimed author of eleven previous Jack Taylor novels and The White Trilogy, he is the recipient of two Barry Awards and two Shamus Awards and has twice been a finalist for the Edgar Award. He lives in Galway, Ireland.
Praise for The Emerald Lie: "Nobody writes like Ken Bruen, with his
ear for lilting Irish prose and his taste for the kind of gallows
humor heard only at the foot of the gallows. The Emerald Lie is
pure Bruen, with its verbal tics, weird typography and unorthodox
wordplay."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review "No one
writes crime novels quite like Ken Bruen . . . He has tinkered with
the classic building blocks of the novel, rearranging things here
and there and creating a narrative that becomes more unique book by
book . . . I picture Bruen not so much writing as transcribing the
words of a sweet fallen angel that are whispered feverishly into
his ear. The result manifests itself in books that are often sad
but frequently funny, so real that one is compelled to keep reading
. . . And you should read every one of them."--Joe Hartlaub,
Bookreporter "Bruen remains on the mountaintop of contemporary
Irish noir. Sprightly, elliptical prose is a plus."--Publishers
Weekly "To simply describe the setup of the plot is to pay short
shrift to Bruen's prodigious writing skills . . . Not to be
missed."--BookPage "The most entertaining of Bruen's Jack Taylor
books . . . [A] fresh reading pleasure."--Toronto Star (Canada)
"Bruen is brilliant."--Galway Advertiser (Ireland)
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