Finished Th 11/10/11
Ex Irish policeman, Jack Taylor, is heavily cross-addicted to booze and drugs, yet has a serious yen for philosophical literature and True Crime novels. A very 'hard' criminal type has called in a favor, and asks Taylor to track down a woman who was once involved in an evil orphanage called, The Magdalen laundry.
Although sparse and to-the -point, the prose is vivid and colorful, and all of the chapters begin with a quotation from a particularly relevant novel or book. There are lots of descriptions of the ravages of alcohol and drugs which reminded me of the Mathew Scudder series by Lawrence Block. There are many scenes of intense violence.
An Interesting Read
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