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Jack Taylor, a former Guard (read cop) has blown his chances at staying in the Guard because of his temper. He takes on work as a private eye, but he calls himself a f...more...]]> 41945179 1157120 298920 0863223230 9780863223235 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441m/298920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441s/298920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298920.Guards 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 2 0 false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:26:26 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 06:36:44 -0800 2009
Eg, "Have you read Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me? It's really good."
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More Bukowski than Chandler. To call this a Private Eye novel is a stretch, ...more...]]> 48944500 34677 1865973 0312303556 9780312303556 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115m/1865973.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115s/1865973.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1865973.The_Guards_A_Novel 3.70 10 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 4 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 11 12:42:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:42:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67382904 954615 298920 0863223230 9780863223235 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441m/298920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441s/298920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298920.Guards 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:02:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:06:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51208306 73208 1865973 0312303556 9780312303556 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115m/1865973.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115s/1865973.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1865973.The_Guards_A_Novel 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 4 0 false Fri Apr 17 19:01:11 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 18:40:15 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:01:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 31204611 1460052 298920 0863223230 9780863223235 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441m/298920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441s/298920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298920.Guards 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 5 0 false Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 25 22:09:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 22:10:00 -0700 2008
If the Irish didn't invent the warrior-poet, Ken Bruen is certainly the modern day chronicler of the breed. "The Guards" is another Bruen classic of Irish fatalism, a beautifully written novel of extremes and contradictions told ...more...]]> 30548583 1049785 298920 0863223230 9780863223235 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441m/298920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441s/298920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298920.Guards 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 4 0 false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 10:13:25 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 10:24:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16777460 900340 1087940 0312320272 9780312320270 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180885892m/1087940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180885892s/1087940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1087940.The_Guards_A_Novel 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 5 0 false Sat Mar 15 07:26:44 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 12:05:12 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 06:40:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8102586 126262 298920 0863223230 9780863223235 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441m/298920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173503441s/298920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298920.Guards 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 2 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 19:29:37 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 17:25:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6157569 195324 1087940 0312320272 9780312320270 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180885892m/1087940.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180885892s/1087940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1087940.The_Guards_A_Novel 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 13 12:28:13 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 13:27:21 -0700 2007
Jack Taylor has been expelled from The Guards (I...more...]]> 77590883 2631565 1865973 0312303556 9780312303556 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115m/1865973.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189439115s/1865973.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1865973.The_Guards_A_Novel 4.00 274 --Jane Adams]]> 2001 2 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:15:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:23:19 -0800 2009 An ocean of drink and a small chaser of plot.

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