Dark Times in the City - (World Noir) by Gene Kerrigan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Danny Callaghan's having a quiet drink in a Dublin pub when two men walk in with guns. On impulse, Callaghan intervenes to help the intended victim, petty criminal Walter Bennett. With a troubled past and an uncertain future, Callaghan finds himself drawn into a vicious scheme of revenge.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The author of <i>The Rage</i> delivers "an absorbing, beautifully written, gritty tale of Irish detection and corruption" (<i>The Times</i>, London).</b> <p/>Danny Callaghan is having a quiet drink in a Dublin pub when two men with guns walk in. They're here to take care of a minor problem--petty criminal Walter Bennett. On impulse, Callaghan intervenes to save Walter's life. Soon, his own survival is in question. With a troubled past and an uncertain future, Danny finds himself drawn into a vicious scheme of revenge. <em>Dark Times in the City</em> depicts an edgy city where affluence and cocaine fuel a ruthless gang culture, and a man's fleeting impulse may cost the lives of those who matter most to him. Gene Kerrigan's new novel is his finest yet; a CWA Gold Dagger Crime Novel finalist, it's gripping from start to finish, powerful, original, and impossible to put down. <p/>"Following <i>The Rage</i>, Kerrigan delivers another spare, cut-to-the-bone noir in which a well-meaning ex-con finds himself trapped in the vice of circumstance. . . . Kerrigan's grasp of contemporary Dublin and its underworld denizens puts him shoulder to shoulder with the best Irish crime writers."--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <p/> "Kerrigan gives us a Dublin we never knew in sharp clear prose and neatly bounded dramatic scenes of Irish cops and robbers that leave us fearing that some of the dust and other detritus they stir up may very well end up splattering on our shoes."--<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/> "Kerrigan's gripping police procedural . . . is good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero."--<i>The New York Times</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Kerrigan's gripping police procedural...is good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero."<BR> --The New York Times<BR> <BR> "With a dexterous use of language married to masterful plotting, Kerrigan has something of James Joyce's ability in conjuring up a vivid Dublin--but this modern city is very different than the one Leopold Bloom wandered through."<BR> --The Independent<BR> <BR> "Kerrigan's prose is luxury stuff."<BR> --The New Yorker<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gene Kerrigan</b> is an award-winning journalist and the author of the novels <i>The Midnight Choir</i>, <i>Little Criminals</i>, and <i>The Rage</i>, which was awarded the CWA's 2012 Gold Dagger Prize for Best Crime Novel Of the Year. He lives in Dublin.
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