New York, New York, U.S.A. : Minotaur Books, 2006. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The impossible has happened: Jack Taylor is living clean and dating a mature woman. Rumour suggests he is even attending mass... The accidental deaths of two students appear random, tragic events, except that in each case a copy of a book by John Millington Synge is found beneath the body. Jack begins to believe that "The Dramatist", a calculating killer, is out there, enticing him to play. As the case twists and turns Jack's refuge, the city of Galway, now demands he sacrifice the only love he's maintained, and while Iraq burns, he seems a step away from the abyss. The fourth book in the Jack Taylor series, THE DRAMATIST, the fourth book in the Jack Taylor series, was the 2006 Shamus Award winner as Best Novel. As new, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] M90

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On Mar 8 2015, Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions said:

Although I had collected Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor series of Irish noir fiction for years, it wasn't until I watched the fine show on Netflix, "Jack Taylor," that I decided to give the novels a go. For the last two weeks I have been catching up and found that reading each one of them has been a sublime pleasure. I could not stop reading.

This is crime fiction of a high order. For almost twenty years now, the author has been delighting mystery fans with his stunning, poetic books about the shadowy side of life in Galway. With the tortured alcoholic soul of Jack Taylor he shows that even in the barrooms, "there are poets among us." Sometimes their voices can be mighty and fierce.

Gleefully profane, grimly hilarious, and joyfully blasphemous, the prose in this series is so unapologetically lyrical and right that it sometimes hurts to read on. Ken Bruen captures the pervasive brooding Irish landscape better than any author currently writing. From the first in the series, The Guards down to Purgatory, the latest, they had me hooked and I am so glad I got to finally read them.

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Bookseller: Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 023537
Title: THE DRAMATIST: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)
Author: Bruen, Ken
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 031231647X
ISBN 13: 9780312316471
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
Pages: 256
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Product_type: 2

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