Saturday, September 13, 2014

Purgatory by Ken Bruen

Purgatory is Ken Bruen’s 10th Jack Taylor novel, and I am a great fan of his writing and this main character. I’ve read them all. As usual, Taylor operates out of Galway, Ireland, and it becomes his task to solve a serial murderer’s killing spree. However, as much as plot, Bruen's books are about life. Bruen’s descriptions of the town and culture are priceless. As well as any author that I’ve read, Bruen captures the struggle with addiction as Taylor wrestles with those demons. Bruen’s writing style is unique in terms of his sentence and paragraph structure, as well as where he locates words on the page for emphasis. Bruen provides an experience that engages the reader in ways that most authors cannot. This one gets my highest recommendation.

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