I've recently read three more of Ken Bruen's: Rilke on Black,
The Dramatist and The Magdalen Martyrs.
The Magdalen Martyrs is the best I've read yet, I think. The
Dramatist was good, as well. I like Jack Taylor.
I wasn't as carried away by Rilke on Black--those bloody
typos again (see my post on The White Trilogy). Serpent's
Tail really should hire a good proofreader. It wasn't as bad
as The White Trilogy, but consider these examples. A
conversation between a guy whose doorman "just got nicked"
and the narrator, Nick (p. 4):
"You look as
if you could handle yourself. Done any of that kind of
work?"
"Does it
require a shit? As I've never done anything that needed that.
I've done work that might have needed jail if that's any
indication."
Turns out the job requires a suit.
Or this epigraph, p. 59: "A man's dress tells you what he
does." Ecclesiastics 19:27. The Ecclesiastics reference is
repeated later.
I plan to reread this again, paying greater attention to the
Rilke quotes, which I don't think I fully appreciated first
time through.
I recommend reading any Ken Bruen you can get your hands
on.
Karin
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