{"product_id":"the-ghosts-of-galway-9780802127334","title":"The Ghosts of Galway","description":"Ken Bruen is a singular voice in crime fiction \"with his ear for lilting Irish prose and his taste for the kind of gallows humor heard only at the foot of the gallows\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Galway\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings those elegiac talents to bear on a case involving a famously blasphemous red book and Bruen's equally profane antihero Jack Taylor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs well-versed in politics, pop culture, and crime fiction as he is ill-fated in life, Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. In need of money, and with former cop on his resume, Jack has been hired as a night-shift security guard. But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for a bit of off-the-books work. He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book\u003c\/i\u003e, currently in the possession of a rogue priest who is hiding out in Galway after fleeing a position at the Vatican. Despite Jack's distaste for priests of any stripe, the money is too good to turn down. Em, the many-faced woman who has had a vise on Jack's heart and mind for the past two years, reappears and turns out to be entangled with the story of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book\u003c\/i\u003e, too, leading Jack down ever more mysterious and lethal pathways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt seems all sides are angling for a piece of Jack Taylor, but as \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Galway\u003c\/i\u003e twists toward a violent end, he is increasingly plagued by ghosts--by the disposable and disposed of in a city filled with as much darkness as the deepest corners of Jack's own mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mysterious Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802127334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.94w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2017 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ken Bruen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643400614044,"sku":"9780802127334","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c429c5d7-a59c-48d5-a5e0-a42117863fae.jpg?v=1603856556","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ghosts-of-galway-9780802127334","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}