07810cam a2200553 4500 234350575 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781569477069 156947706X B004HYHAX0 Amazon 8b84bdc3-6404-4115-a390-d8cbc5928ab0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 210958 517722 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Neville, Stuart. The Ghosts of Belfast [Libby eBook] : Jack Lennon Investigation Series, Book 1. Soho Press, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2216kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:"The best first novel I've read in years...It's a flat-out terror trip."--James Ellroy "Not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times."--John Connolly "The Ghosts of Belfast is the book when the world finally sits up and goes WOW, the Irish really have taken over the world of crime writing. Stuart Neville is Ireland's answer to Henning Mankell."--Ken Bruen "Sure to garner attention and stir lively pub discussions."--Library Journal "Neville's debut novel is tragic, violent, exciting, plausible, and compelling. . . . The Ghosts of Belfast is dark, powerful, insightful, and hard to put down."--Booklist "Neville's debut is as unrelenting as Fegan's ghosts, pulling no punches as it describes the brutality of Ireland's 'troubles' and the crime that has followed, as violent men find new outlets for their skills. Sharp prose places readers in this pitiless place and holds them there. Harsh and unrelenting crime fiction, masterfully done."--Kirkus "[Stuart] Neville has the talent to believably blend the tropes of the crime novel and those of a horror, in the process creating a page-turning thriller akin to a collaboration between John Connolly and Stephen King. . . [The Ghosts of Belfast] is a superb thriller, and one of the first great post-Troubles novels to emerge from Northern Ireland."--Sunday Independent (Ireland) Fegan has been a "hard man," an IRA killer in northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by twelve ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he's going to have to kill the men who gave him orders. As he's working his way down the list he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too. Now he has given Fate--and his quarry--a hostage. Is this Fegan's ultimate mistake? Stuart Neville is a partner in a multimedia design business based in Armagh, northern Ireland. This novel, also known as The Twelve in the UK and Ireland, is the first in a series. From the Hardcover edition.. "Neville's debut is as unrelenting as Fegan's ghosts, pulling no punches as it describes the brutality of Ireland's 'troubles' and the crime that has followed, as violent men find new outlets for their skills. Sharp prose places readers in this pitiless place and holds them there. Harsh and unrelenting crime fiction, masterfully done.". HTML:Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review. "In this well-crafted and intriguing series debut, Neville evokes the terrors of living in Belfast during 'the Troubles' and manages to makes Fegan, a murderer many times over, a sympathetic character...The buzz around this novel is well deserved and readers will be anticipating the next book in the series.". HTML:Library Journal, Starred Review. "Stuart Neville's tightly wound, emotionally resonant account of an ex-IRA hit man's struggle to conquer his past, displays an acute understanding of the true state of Northern Ireland, still under the thumb of decades of violence and terrorism.". HTML:Los Angeles Times. "An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville's The Ghosts of Belfast is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility and revenge. He is going to be a major new voice in suspense fiction.". HTML:Jeff Abbott. "[A] stunning debut.... This is not only an action-packed, visceral thriller but also an insightful insider's glimpse into the complex political machinations and networks that maintain the uneasy truce in Northern Ireland.". HTML:Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. "Explosive and absorbing ... The Ghosts of Belfast is an intense meditation on obligation, necessity, and war. Within Stuart Neville's rich vocabulary, complacency is not a word to be found.". HTML:Sacramento News. "Stuart Neville will go far as a writer . . . It's a wonderful novel, brave and fierce and true to its place and time. I sincerely hope it sells a million copies.". HTML:Crimespree. "The Ghosts of Belfast is a smart and atmospheric thriller about the many causes served and corrupt pockets lined courtesy of sectarian hatred.". HTML:Maureen Corrigan, NPR.org. HTML:"Not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times.". HTML:John Connolly. "Neville's novel is a coldly lucid assessment of the fragility of the Irish peace ... a rare example of legitimate noir fiction.". HTML:The New York Times Book Review. "Both a fine novel and a gripping thriller: truly this is a magnificent debut.". HTML:Ruth Dudley Edwards, author of Ten Lords-A-Leaping. "Stuart Neville goes to the heart of the perversity of paramilitarism.". HTML:Sean O'Callaghan, author of The Informer. "Perfect for summer--especially if you want to be reminded of what a blessing it is to live in relatively peaceful times.". Slate. "The best first novel I've read in years.... It's a flat-out terror trip.". HTML:James Ellroy. "Stuart Neville is Ireland's answer to Henning Mankell.". HTML:Ken Bruen. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. 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