The Killing of the Tinkers (Jack Taylor) - Hardcover

Bruen, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312304110 ISBN 13: 9780312304119

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2004

Synopsis

Back in Galway and back to his old drinking habits, former member of the Irish Guards Jack Taylor agrees to assist a gypsy in an investigation into the deaths of a number of members of the gypsy clan, deaths that the Guards, the Irish police, are reluctant to do anything about. By the author of The Guards.

About this title

Review:

Irish writer Ken Bruen is the
Jesus.
-- The Big Issue

Irish writer Ken Bruen is the finest purveyor of intelligent Brit-noir. -- The Big Issue

Ken Bruen’s second Jack Taylor novel upholds his reputation for edgy, intelligent, thriller noirs -- Rí Rá Magazine

The Killing of the Tinkers is not so much a thriller as a raw slice of life. -- Irish Independent

There is something strangely compulsive about turning the pages of The Killing of the Tinkers, Bruen’s twelfth novel. -- Sunday Tribune

About the Author:

Ken Bruen has been an English teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America. He lives in Galway, Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312304110
• ISBN 13: 9780312304119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256