I finally read a real book, first time in two years – not that I’ve not been reading. It’s just that the Kindle went on the blitz, so I had to go old school. It was the last book I bought pre-Kindle (pk?), and it was waiting for just such an occasion. East Coast Don reported on this book a couple years ago. I think this is the first of the Jack Taylor series, from 2001. Not uncommon for Bruen, the plot is a mere sideshow to the Irish cultural action, the agony of the on-and-off alcohol abuse by a struggling but not hopeless alcoholic. I won’t say more since ECD already did, except to leave you with one quote from Bruen: “Question: How come, no matter how long since I’ve seen the family or how much distance I put between us, they can always push my buttons? Answer: Because they installed them. Classic. I recommend this book.
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