Dark times in the city
by:
Gene Kerrigan (author)
ISBN:
9781846552892 (1846552893)
Publish date: April 2nd 2009
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Pages no: 305
Edition language: English
An excellently written dark, gritty crime novel set in Dublin. The author is a former journalist and the characters and situations reek of authenticity.
My first Gene Kerrigan book.The writing is tightly drawn, using very short scenes to drive the narrative along. The prologue is good, but then I struggled to get into the story at the beginning. The reason I think I had trouble with at the beginning came out almost at the end of the book, which jump...