The Big O - Hardcover

Burke, Declan

3.58

153 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151014086 ISBN 13: 9780151014088

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

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Karen's easy life as a receptionist and armed robber is about to take a turn for the worse. Rossi, her ex, is getting out of prison any day now. He'll be looking for his motorcycle, his gun, the sixty grand he says is his, and revenge. But he won't be expecting Ray, the new guy Karen's just met, to be in his way. No stranger to the underworld himself, Ray wants out of the kidnapping game now that some dangerous new bosses are moving in. Meanwhile Frank, a disgraced plastic surgeon, hires Ray to kidnap his ex-wife for the insurance money. But the ex-wife also happens to be Karen's best friend. Can Karen and Ray trust each other enough to work together on one last job? Or will love, as always, ruin everything? From a writer hailed as "Elmore Leonard with a hard Irish edge" (Irish Mail on Sunday), Declan Burke's The Big O is crime fiction at its darkest and funniest.

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Review:

Elmore Leonard with a harder Irish edge -- Irish Mail on Sunday, April 15, 2007

If you managed to somehow miss Eight Ball Boogie, do yourself a
favour and catch The Big O. It's faster than a stray bullet, wittier than
Oscar Wilde and written by a talent destined for fame. -- Irish Examiner, May 12, 2007

Irish thrillers don't get much more hard-boiled than this gritty,
violent and wildly hilarious Dublin-based kidnap caper ... an out-and-out
original, with crackling dialogue and sharp wit, it's a more than worthy
follow-up to Declan Burke's deservedly lauded debut, Eight Ball Boogie. -- Irish Independent, May 5, 2007

The Big O, is an exhilarating, hilarious and unmistakably Irish
escapade in crime fiction ... a very funny thriller, packed tight with
cracking moments and sizzling dialogue.
-- Village Magazine, May 3, 2007

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PRAISE FOR THE BIG O "Declan Burke’s The Big O is one of the sharpest, wittiest, and most unusual, Irish crime novels of recent years."--John Connolly, author of The Unquiet "A plot that takes off at a blistering pace and never lets up. The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humor."?Ken Bruen, author of The Guards "Declan Burke’s The Big O has everything you want in a crime novel: machine-gun dialogue, unforgettable characters, and a wicked plot. Think George V. Higgins in Ireland on speed."?Jason Starr, author of The Follower "No such thing as coincidence! Don’t tell that to the glorious band of cast-offs and misfits that populate the pages of Declan Burke’s uncanny The Big O. With a deft touch, Burke pulls together a cross-genre plot that’s part hard-boiled caper, part thriller, part classic noir, and flat out fun. From first page to last, The Big O grabs hold and won’t let go."?Reed Farrel Coleman, author of The James Deans. "It’s hard to praise The Big O highly enough. Excellent writing, great characters, superb storytelling?all played out at a ferocious tempo. By turns it’s dark, funny, moving, brutal, tender and twisted. A book that makes one hell of an impact. More Declan Burke please."?Allan Guthrie, author of Savage Night

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