I didn't get to the computer yesterday, and this mesage that
I sen Wednesday just came back as "failed deliver" so I'm
re-sending it:
A friend of mine who was visiting the Olde Sod found a copy
of a book entitled BOG WARRIORS by John Galvin, which he sent
to me. I haven't read it yet, and so, can't comment, but the
background is interesting as hell to me as both a cop and an
Irish-American.
A "Bog Warrior" is apparently a derisive term, coined by
Dubliners, for a rural Irishman. The book is set in Ireland's
rural countryside, and the author, John Galvin, is actually a
member of the Garda Siochana, the Republic of Ireland's
national police force, who's spent the bulk of his career
keeping the peace in Ireland's less metropolitan areas.
Ireland's been the setting for a number of cop novels over
the years. The late Bartholomew Gill had a good deal of
success with his novels about Detective Superintendent
McGarr. John Brady has written several novels about a Garda
detective named Matt Minogue, the first of which A STONE OF
THE HEART, won an Arthur Ellis award. Eugene McEldowney
covers police work north of the border in his Belfast-set
novels about a detective in the Royal Ulster Constabulary,
one of which, coincidentally, is also entitled A STONE OF THE
HEART.
But only John Galvin brings actual hand-on police
experience to Irish cop fiction.
By the way, thanks for all the kind words about my
posts this month.
JIM DOHERTY
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