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Gene Kerrigan

    Gene Kerrigan je irský novinář a romanopisec, jehož díla nabízejí pronikavý politický komentář k Irsku od 70. let 20. století. Prostřednictvím svých spisů, které se objevují v publikacích jako Magill a Sunday Independent, zkoumá složitosti irské společnosti a politiky. Jeho přístup je charakterizován hlubokým pochopením společenských sil a jejich dopadu na jednotlivce. Kerriganova próza, oceňovaná pro svou bystrost a zasvěcenost, se ponoří do podstaty irské identity a jejího neustálého vývoje.

    Little Criminals
    Dark Times in the City
    Brehon Laws
    Dark Times In The City. In der Sackgasse, englische Ausgabe
    The Scrap
    The Midnight Choir
    • The Midnight Choir

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
      4,4(3)Ohodnotit

      Sometimes, getting away with it is all that matters. In desperation she seeks the help of controversial detective Harry Synnott, a man obsessed by his own interpretation of justice. As he finds himself getting deeper into trouble, Dixie risks becoming a sacrifice on the altar of Synnott's career.

      The Midnight Choir
    • The Scrap

      • 384 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      4,1(53)Ohodnotit

      In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse.The Scrap is the true story of the rising, from first-hand evidence, as seen by one rebel unit - F Company, 2nd Battalion - following them from the first skirmish in Fairview to the inferno of the GPO.

      The Scrap
    • 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 ques

      Dark Times In The City. In der Sackgasse, englische Ausgabe
    • Brehon Laws

      • 176 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      3,8(50)Ohodnotit

      Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors; but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system was widely accepted. The brehons were the keepers of these laws, which dealt with every aspect of life: land disputes; theft or violence; marriage & divorce; the care of trees & animals.

      Brehon Laws
    • 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.Dark Times in the City 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. Kerrigan's new novel is his finest yet; gripping from start to finish, powerful, original and impossible to put down.

      Dark Times in the City
    • Little Criminals

      • 240 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,7(174)Ohodnotit

      Justin and Angela Kennedy have money, love, children and a limitless future. Into their lives come Frankie Crowe, an ambitious criminal tired of risking his life for small change. Kidnap could be the first step on his climb to a better life, and he knows just the kind of dangerous men to make it happen...

      Little Criminals
    • The Rage

      • 304 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,7(657)Ohodnotit

      Vincent Naylor is a professional thief, as confident as he is reckless. Just ten days out of jail, and he's preparing his next robbery. Already, his plan is unravelling. While investigating the murder of a crooked banker, Detective Sergeant Bob Tidey gets a call from an old acquaintance, Maura Coady. The retired nun believes there's something suspicious happening in the Dublin backstreet where she lives alone. Maura's call inadvertently unleashes a storm of violence that will engulf Vincent Naylor and force Tidey to make a deadly choice. The Rage is a masterpiece of suspense, told against the background of a country's shameful past and its troubled present.Winner of the 2012 CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year.

      The Rage
    • Doodslag in Dublin

      Een roman door vijftien Ierse schrijvers

      • 239 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Vijftien Ierse auteurs. Moord en doodslag, onveilige seks, schoonmaakartikelen en een gestolen manuscript. En een goed doel. Doodslag in Dublin is een zeer bijzondere, geestige en briljante literaire thriller; als ook een combinatie van satire en hilarische serie-roman. Het goede doel: een belangrijk deel van de opbrengst van het boek zal naar Amnesty International gaan. Vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk. geschreven door niemand minder dan Roddy Doyle, tot en met het laatste, van de hand van Frank McCourt, wordt de lezer in Doodslag in Dublin meegevoerd op een onvergetelijke speurtocht naar een literaire schat met een geheime formule.

      Doodslag in Dublin