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Ken Bruen quotes: Crime fiction is the new rock n' roll.

Crime fiction is the new rock n' roll.

Ken Bruen quotes: By the holy, Jack Taylor. I was beginning to think you were a rumor running around as a fact.

By the holy, Jack Taylor. I was beginning to think you were a rumor running around as a fact.

Ken Bruen quotes: Sometimes there's just no justice. The bad guys do live, if not happily ever after, then certainly conspicuously.

Sometimes there's just no justice. The bad guys do live, if not happily ever after, then certainly conspicuously.

Ken Bruen quotes: A mini-cab later and he arrived in Stockwell, where the pit bulls travelled in twos. Ludlow Road is near the tube station, a short mugging away.

A mini-cab later and he arrived in Stockwell, where the pit bulls travelled in twos. Ludlow Road is near the tube station, a short mugging away.

Ken Bruen quotes: I always had this notion of a noir novel in Galway. The city is exploding, emigration has reversed, and we are fast becoming a cosmopolitan city.

I always had this notion of a noir novel in Galway. The city is exploding, emigration has reversed, and we are fast becoming a cosmopolitan city.

Ken Bruen quotes: My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I'll have one blessing that is not in disguise.

My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I'll have one blessing that is not in disguise.

Ken Bruen quotes: The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned ... THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.

The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned ... THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.

Ken Bruen quotes: You ever read Anton LaVey?

You ever read Anton LaVey?

Ken Bruen quotes: The national sport in Ireland, apart from talking, is hurling.

The national sport in Ireland, apart from talking, is hurling.

Ken Bruen quotes: He was in his mid-thirties, with a posture that suggested a hundred.

He was in his mid-thirties, with a posture that suggested a hundred.

Ken Bruen quotes: Roberts knocked, heard: 'Enter.' Thought: 'Wanker.

Roberts knocked, heard: 'Enter.' Thought: 'Wanker.

Ken Bruen quotes: The whiskey kicked like a mugger.

The whiskey kicked like a mugger.

Ken Bruen quotes: The tourist board have put a bounty on me head, but they like the biz from tourists.

The tourist board have put a bounty on me head, but they like the biz from tourists.

Ken Bruen quotes: I didn't know what to say. Said 'I don't know what to say.

I didn't know what to say. Said 'I don't know what to say.

Ken Bruen quotes: Your life is in some bizarre state when priests are throwing abuse at you on the street.

Your life is in some bizarre state when priests are throwing abuse at you on the street.

Ken Bruen quotes: Friday night, I resolved to have a quiet time. Two pints and a chips carry-home. Alas, the pints got away from me and I hit the top shelf.

Friday night, I resolved to have a quiet time. Two pints and a chips carry-home. Alas, the pints got away from me and I hit the top shelf.

Ken Bruen quotes: I decided to write books, just to prove to myself that I was still alive, if nothing else.

I decided to write books, just to prove to myself that I was still alive, if nothing else.

Ken Bruen quotes: We haven't had crime writers, and for a long time in the Republic, we didn't seem to have a crime problem as such.

We haven't had crime writers, and for a long time in the Republic, we didn't seem to have a crime problem as such.

Ken Bruen quotes: I'd kill to be a poet.

I'd kill to be a poet.

Ken Bruen quotes: There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

Ken Bruen quotes: After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

Ken Bruen quotes: An alkie in full defiant

An alkie in full defiant

Ken Bruen quotes: He missed two people: a) the girl she was; b) the person she'd made him feel he might have been. A deep sigh escaped him.

He missed two people: a) the girl she was; b) the person she'd made him feel he might have been. A deep sigh escaped him.

Ken Bruen quotes: Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.

Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.

Ken Bruen quotes: She obviously had disappointing news in her teens and wasn't yet recovered.

She obviously had disappointing news in her teens and wasn't yet recovered.

Ken Bruen quotes: Even Def Leppard couldn't get him out of his funk. When the Def couldn't crank you, it was way past time to shoot someone.

Even Def Leppard couldn't get him out of his funk. When the Def couldn't crank you, it was way past time to shoot someone.

Ken Bruen quotes: In London, I tended to hang with the fallen.

In London, I tended to hang with the fallen.

Ken Bruen quotes: Laundromats ... like a waiting room for people who didn't go anywhere

Laundromats ... like a waiting room for people who didn't go anywhere

Ken Bruen quotes: Max couldn't believe he'd fallen for her. If he'd just had a thing for flat-chested women none of this would have happened.

Max couldn't believe he'd fallen for her. If he'd just had a thing for flat-chested women none of this would have happened.

Ken Bruen quotes: I had me one sharp knife, a throwback to my glory days of the swans, and it's sharp as a nun on her second sherry.

I had me one sharp knife, a throwback to my glory days of the swans, and it's sharp as a nun on her second sherry.

Ken Bruen quotes: Jack Taylor was a private investigator in Galway, which seemed like madness. I used lots of Galway-isms, which seemed like madness, too.

Jack Taylor was a private investigator in Galway, which seemed like madness. I used lots of Galway-isms, which seemed like madness, too.

Ken Bruen quotes: My father believed a real man didn't read, and my parents hoped I'd get some sense and find a job in insurance.

My father believed a real man didn't read, and my parents hoped I'd get some sense and find a job in insurance.

Ken Bruen quotes: Tony Black is the Tom Waits of Crime Fiction, yes, that good.

Tony Black is the Tom Waits of Crime Fiction, yes, that good.

Ken Bruen quotes: I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange." (Dale Cooper, in Twin Peaks)

I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange." (Dale Cooper, in Twin Peaks)

Ken Bruen quotes: He looked old, like a stranger. He was someone else, someone whom he could easily hate. (Tom Pitts, Piggyback)

He looked old, like a stranger. He was someone else, someone whom he could easily hate. (Tom Pitts, Piggyback)

Ken Bruen quotes: The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.

The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.

Ken Bruen quotes: And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.

And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.

Ken Bruen quotes: I was a failed actor, but for 25 years, I got to go on stage anyway, and I loved it. I've still got the day job, and the travel bug.

I was a failed actor, but for 25 years, I got to go on stage anyway, and I loved it. I've still got the day job, and the travel bug.

Ken Bruen quotes: Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour.

Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour.

Ken Bruen quotes: It's said the difference between one friend and none is infinity.

It's said the difference between one friend and none is infinity.

Ken Bruen quotes: You'd test the patience of a saint.

You'd test the patience of a saint.

Ken Bruen quotes: Expect nothing, and by Christ, you're entitled to even less.

Expect nothing, and by Christ, you're entitled to even less.

Ken Bruen quotes: I get through some print.

I get through some print.

Ken Bruen quotes: -it's life... In all its granite hardness.

-it's life... In all its granite hardness.

Ken Bruen quotes: The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer!

The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer!