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The Devil (Jack Taylor 8) [Paperback]

Ken Bruen
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12 May 2011 Jack Taylor 8

America - the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: - but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry.

Jack resumes his old life in Galway. But when he's called to investigate the frenzied murder of a student, he remembers an encounter with an over-friendly stranger in the airport bar. A stranger who seemed to know rather more than he should about Jack.

After several more murders and too many encounters to be coincidental, Jack believes he may have met his nemesis.

But why has he been chosen? And could he really be dealing with the Devil himself?


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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Transworld Ireland (12 May 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1848270208
  • ISBN-13: 978-1848270206
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.4 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 281,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jack Taylor has become one of today's most interesting shamuses (The Times )

Brilliant... Bruen's Galway is certainly not Bord Failte-approved, but once again he has delivered a disturbing story that casts a very cold eye on the state of our nation (Irish Independent )

A fast-paced tale of black arts and white lies (RTE Guide 20100508)

Unfailingly electric (The Herald 20100529)

The perfect antidote to any dreary days on your holiday, The Devil will spice things up in no time (Galway Now 20100701)

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The eighth novel in the award-winning Jack Taylor series by Ireland's most acclaimed crime-writer.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars A Devil of a book - but not in a good way 25 May 2010
Format:Paperback
I am a big fan of Ken Bruen's work, right from the early London based, Bradt and Roberts stuff, through Jack Taylor and into the American Books. As a result I had this in my wish list for three months ahead of publication date and awaited the delivery with building excitement.
However I found this to be a profound disappointment - it was as if there were no further boundaries to push with Jack Taylor's character, so the fantastical and unbelievable character of the title was introduced, complete with hackneyed "Old Irish sayings" regarding the "Divil" at the start of the chapters.
It was very baggy, with the spectre of the Devil intended to create some atmosphere of menace but becoming both trite and comical, as the book progressed. This lacks all of the style and grim grounding that made books such as "The Killing of the Tinkers" so absorbing and the referencing to this book in "The Devil" only served to remind me how far the author has slipped from these earlier heights
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bruen in Top Form ! 18 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
I found Ken Bruen's latest novel 'The Devil' to be something of a pager turner .

I am a huge Bruen fan and have read most of his novels and was intrigued at this departure from his usual genre, pitched somewhere between those of crime and horror.

I think he has pulled off the cross genre tale fairly well , like Tom Piccirilli and Joe Lansdale have also done.

The story rattles along at a furious pace , with the usual musical and literary references , quoting from the Stones 'Sympathy for the Devil',appropriately, and commenting on the state of the nation at the same time.

I really like Bruen's style , sometimes like early Ellroy , sometimes like Block or Sallis , but still essentially his own.

The characters, Taylor himself , Ridge , and Stewart who we have encountered in previous Taylor novels, are very well drawn and totally believable albeit flawed.

If you like Larry Block , James Sallis, James Lee Burke, Allan Guthrie , you're bound to like this!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Worst one yet 9 April 2013
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I'VE READ ALL OF THE PRECEDING BOOKS AND THIS ONE IS THE POOREST SO FAR. DESCENDS INTO A PLOT THAT REQUIRES SUSPENSION OF BELIEF. MORE SUPERNATURAL THRILLER THAN CRIME NOVEL. CAN'T REALLY RECOMMEND IT.
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