{"product_id":"the-midnight-choir-9781933372266","title":"The Midnight Choir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of The Rage: \"A ripping crime tale, impressive in scope and crackling with energy . . . a fascinating portrait of contemporary Ireland\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Choir\u003c\/em\u003e teems with moral dilemmas, and Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly-scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety. Small-time criminals have become millionaire businessmen, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the police face a world where the old rules no longer apply. \"Believe me, you want \u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Choir\u003c\/em\u003e with you on holiday,\" says the \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \"This is the kind of book you pass on to someone you like, and say 'read this.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The author does everything well. He conveys beautifully the ritual of cops and their quarry, while evoking the feel of a city where new yuppie influence rubs up against the remnants of a seedy, savage past.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The lethal precision of his closing punches leaves quite a lasting mark.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's Kerrigan's firm control of the procedural genre and the breathtaking twist he gives his plot that show him to be a master of the form.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An absorbing, beautifully written tale.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kerrigan's moody, unsettling tale explores the criminal underside of Dublin and, by extension, the dark, hidden face of twenty-first-century Ireland . . . Gripping crime fiction in which the setting is unequivocally the protagonist.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intricately plotted novel that can safely be mentioned in the same breath as those by Rankin.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933372266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2007 pg. 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2007 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2007 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2007 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gene Kerrigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670921310364,"sku":"9781933372266","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a5aaab7b-7f4e-45ec-8c9e-4c95f0e1286e.jpg?v=1603923972","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-midnight-choir-9781933372266","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}