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“Bruen tells the story brilliantly…the pacing is intense…one of the darkest portrayals of policing since James Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential.” –The San Francisco Chronicle
"Bruen, a master of modern noir, render his prose in short staccato bursts, which is curiously mesmerizing--and, at the book's gruesome end, downright terrifying. A-" --Entertainment Weekly
"[A] stripped-down dark thrill ride...No one is safe as this shocker spins wildly toward a violent finish." --Publishers Weekly
"Shea is an otherworldly malevolence who makes ONCE WERE COPS a chilling and deeply creepy read. That Bruen renders such a remarkable character in what be called clipped free verse is further proof of his writing talent." --Booklist
"Bruen tells the story brilliantly. The dialogue captures both Irish and New York accents. The pacing is intense. And the prose is at once vivid and as tight as anything this side of a haiku." --The Salt Lake Tribune
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Michael O'Shea is a member of Ireland's police force, known as The Guards. He's also a sociopath who walks a knife edge between sanity and all-out mayhem. When an exchange program is initiated and twenty Guards come to America and twenty cops from the States go to Ireland, Shay, as he's known, has his lifelong dream come true--he becomes a member of the NYPD. But Shay's dream is about to become New York's nightmare.
Paired with an unstable cop nicknamed Kebar for his liberal use of a short, lethal metal stick called a K-bar, the two unlikely partners become a devastatingly effective force in the war against crime.
But Kebar harbors a dangerous secret: he's sold out to the mob to help his sister. Her rape and beating leaves her in a coma and pushes an already unstable Kebar over the edge just as Shea’s dark secrets threaten boil over and into the streets of New York.
Once Were Cops melds the street poetry of Brooklyn and Dublin into a fast-paced, incomparable hard-boiled novel. This is Ken Bruen at his best.
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Michael O'Shea ist bei den Guards und jung. Er will ein richtiger Cop werden, denn die tragen Schusswaffen. Er kommt zum NYPD. Man teilt ihm Kbar als Partner zu, ein harter Hund, bei dem es bisher keiner lang ausgehalten hat. Anfangs sieht es so aus, als würde Shea auch nicht lange bleiben.
Bei einem Einsatz rettet er seinem Partner das Leben. Die beiden kommen sich näher. Das Verhältnis steht dann aber doch auf der Kippe, als Shea feststellt, dass sein Partner etwas auf dem Kerbholz hat. Kbar tut das alles nur für seine Schwester, die geistig zurückgeblieben ist und in einem Heim lebt. Als ihr etwas zustößt, nimmt die Geschichte ihren Lauf ...
Ken Bruen reiht Textstücke aneinander, er vermeidet jedes überflüssige Wort. Er schmeißt dem Leser den Inhalt der Geschichte direkt ins Gesicht, ohne Kompromisse. Er schafft es, die Handlung immer düsterer werden zu lassen. Was wie ein Polizei-Abenteuer beginnt, endet in einem schrecklichen Alptraum.
Das Buch hat nichts von dem Schwarzen Humor, den man aus der "Jack Taylor"-Reihe kennt. Vielmehr lässt Bruen immer tiefer in die Seele von Michael O'Shea blicken. So tief, bis man als Leser glaubt, ihn zu durchschauen. Doch es kommt anders ...
Bei einem Einsatz rettet er seinem Partner das Leben. Die beiden kommen sich näher. Das Verhältnis steht dann aber doch auf der Kippe, als Shea feststellt, dass sein Partner etwas auf dem Kerbholz hat. Kbar tut das alles nur für seine Schwester, die geistig zurückgeblieben ist und in einem Heim lebt. Als ihr etwas zustößt, nimmt die Geschichte ihren Lauf ...
Ken Bruen reiht Textstücke aneinander, er vermeidet jedes überflüssige Wort. Er schmeißt dem Leser den Inhalt der Geschichte direkt ins Gesicht, ohne Kompromisse. Er schafft es, die Handlung immer düsterer werden zu lassen. Was wie ein Polizei-Abenteuer beginnt, endet in einem schrecklichen Alptraum.
Das Buch hat nichts von dem Schwarzen Humor, den man aus der "Jack Taylor"-Reihe kennt. Vielmehr lässt Bruen immer tiefer in die Seele von Michael O'Shea blicken. So tief, bis man als Leser glaubt, ihn zu durchschauen. Doch es kommt anders ...
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Like an electric shillelagh smacking your brainpan
16. Oktober 2008
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Ken Bruen writes beautifully bleak and violent tales in a sparse prose which isn't quite like any other author I've read. You'll breeze through this book because Bruen makes a paragraph out of every one or two sentences and the publisher double spaces the paragraphs. So although this clocks in at 300 pages I think we could have saved a few trees and fit the entire story comfortably into 100 pages or so. Despite my quibble that the book could have had a smaller footprint, the remarkable, the truly remarkable thing, is that Bruen is such a gifted writer that he can cram a whole paragraph into one terse, word-niggardly line. Amazing.
This is very good "guy" fiction and the first act in the novel is laced with bitter, violent men, backed into corners, lashing out with bone-crunching ferocity. I've always enjoyed well-written books about the good guys taking it to the bad guys under a black flag. Stephen Hunter and James Lee Burke write wonderful examples of this fiction. But there aren't any good guys in this book. No, what you get here are mob guys who decide to mess with the wrong dude. Stories about bad guys running afoul of much worse guys is about as much fun as it gets. Just think of The Wild Bunch by Peckinpah; there are some guys you just don't mess around with. This is a blistering, savage tale of the NY mob pushing the buttons on the wrong guy and a very good, albeit brief, read.
Once Were Cops focuses on Michael O'Shea, an Irish Guardsman, who participates in an exchange program to become an NYPD cop. He's keen on this because, unlike in Ireland, American cops get to carry guns. He's keen on carrying a gun because O'Shea is a serial killer and murderous psychopath who likes to cause mayhem and carnage. As it turns out, the NYPD is the perfect place for him and he finds himself in good company with his new partner Kurt Browski, an anti-social thug of a cop. When the mob tries to put a collar on O'Shea with a contrived, damning photograph, O'Shea doesn't react as anyone might have thought. Psychopaths rarely do, at the stage is set for a convoluted tale of multiple betrayals and plot twists.
I enjoyed this story although some may find it grim, bleak and depressing. So very typically Irish actually. No one does grim, bleak and depressing quite like the Irish, unless it's the Russians, but Russian misery is generally about group oppression while Irish misery is generally about harrowing personal bleakness. There's plenty you'll find depressing about this tale, but if you love lyrical violence, and scary dudes taken out by even scarier dudes, then this a good, solid read.
This is very good "guy" fiction and the first act in the novel is laced with bitter, violent men, backed into corners, lashing out with bone-crunching ferocity. I've always enjoyed well-written books about the good guys taking it to the bad guys under a black flag. Stephen Hunter and James Lee Burke write wonderful examples of this fiction. But there aren't any good guys in this book. No, what you get here are mob guys who decide to mess with the wrong dude. Stories about bad guys running afoul of much worse guys is about as much fun as it gets. Just think of The Wild Bunch by Peckinpah; there are some guys you just don't mess around with. This is a blistering, savage tale of the NY mob pushing the buttons on the wrong guy and a very good, albeit brief, read.
Once Were Cops focuses on Michael O'Shea, an Irish Guardsman, who participates in an exchange program to become an NYPD cop. He's keen on this because, unlike in Ireland, American cops get to carry guns. He's keen on carrying a gun because O'Shea is a serial killer and murderous psychopath who likes to cause mayhem and carnage. As it turns out, the NYPD is the perfect place for him and he finds himself in good company with his new partner Kurt Browski, an anti-social thug of a cop. When the mob tries to put a collar on O'Shea with a contrived, damning photograph, O'Shea doesn't react as anyone might have thought. Psychopaths rarely do, at the stage is set for a convoluted tale of multiple betrayals and plot twists.
I enjoyed this story although some may find it grim, bleak and depressing. So very typically Irish actually. No one does grim, bleak and depressing quite like the Irish, unless it's the Russians, but Russian misery is generally about group oppression while Irish misery is generally about harrowing personal bleakness. There's plenty you'll find depressing about this tale, but if you love lyrical violence, and scary dudes taken out by even scarier dudes, then this a good, solid read.
8 von 8 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
NYPD Was Slipped a Mickey
28. September 2008
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New York City's finest must have been on vacation and the not-so-finest are keeping not-so-exactly law and order. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of it.
"Once Were Cops" is very sparely written. There aren't any extraneous words about anything: characters, setting, backgrounds. I could almost hear Sgt. Joe Friday saying "Just the facts....". This could be a poster child for Noir.
The Amazon description is more than adequate (and may give away too much). You will meet some very granite-boiled folks who make a habit of doing unto others before ....
Bruen doesn't give you a chance to catch your breath and it's over all too soon.
When I find an author to try for the first time, it is rare that I start with his latest book. I figure the author is at the top of his form by then and then reading what went before may be a letdown. I don't think that will be a problem with Bruen. I will be ordering some (all?) of those previous books soon.
Note: For those of you who are easily shocked - the book has rough language (but realistic street vernacular); very little gore; and just a little sex. None of it is gratuitous and all is in keeping with the characters and story.
"Once Were Cops" is very sparely written. There aren't any extraneous words about anything: characters, setting, backgrounds. I could almost hear Sgt. Joe Friday saying "Just the facts....". This could be a poster child for Noir.
The Amazon description is more than adequate (and may give away too much). You will meet some very granite-boiled folks who make a habit of doing unto others before ....
Bruen doesn't give you a chance to catch your breath and it's over all too soon.
When I find an author to try for the first time, it is rare that I start with his latest book. I figure the author is at the top of his form by then and then reading what went before may be a letdown. I don't think that will be a problem with Bruen. I will be ordering some (all?) of those previous books soon.
Note: For those of you who are easily shocked - the book has rough language (but realistic street vernacular); very little gore; and just a little sex. None of it is gratuitous and all is in keeping with the characters and story.
4 von 4 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Well done darkness
27. September 2008
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Profane, a. [L. profanus; pro, before, and fanum, a temple; lit., forth from the temple, hence, not sacred, common, profane] ... 2. Irreverent towards God or holy things; (from Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd ed.)
This may be the darkest novel I have ever read. A lot of the people in this book are nasty s.o.b.'s who would stab their partner, friend or lover for a slight advantage. Who do you root for in a story such as this?
Kebar and Shea are well described partners on the NYPD. The reader gets to know them intimately. These are no cardboard figures from a dime store novel. They are believable, although almost never likeable.
Bruen uses the first person to tell the story, shifting between characters from one chapter to the next. This device seemed choppy in the early stages, but soon the story hooked me, and I no longer noticed . I was engrossed. The story kept my interest, although it was not a real page-turner. To write a page-turner, you have to create characters that the reader can care about.
The main characters meet, brutalize each other, and form a partnership of sorts. There are early hints about Shea, but I kept reading, thinking that I didn't know where the author was going. It turned out that I did know. I was merely hoping that I was wrong.
Bruen chose rosary beads as a murder weapon. I wondered if he ever used them himself. They are too flimsy to make a real murder weapon, and too small to fit over most people's heads. That may be a small detail, but the beads play a large part in the novel. Bruen managed to make them metaphorical and profane at the same time.
There is some light in the novel, but this story is mostly about darkness. Modern Crime noir fans may like that. I'm not one of them. I would compare this to the movie The Departed. It is very well done, but I felt like taking a shower when I finished. You may be entertained by this novel, but it won't do you any good.
This may be the darkest novel I have ever read. A lot of the people in this book are nasty s.o.b.'s who would stab their partner, friend or lover for a slight advantage. Who do you root for in a story such as this?
Kebar and Shea are well described partners on the NYPD. The reader gets to know them intimately. These are no cardboard figures from a dime store novel. They are believable, although almost never likeable.
Bruen uses the first person to tell the story, shifting between characters from one chapter to the next. This device seemed choppy in the early stages, but soon the story hooked me, and I no longer noticed . I was engrossed. The story kept my interest, although it was not a real page-turner. To write a page-turner, you have to create characters that the reader can care about.
The main characters meet, brutalize each other, and form a partnership of sorts. There are early hints about Shea, but I kept reading, thinking that I didn't know where the author was going. It turned out that I did know. I was merely hoping that I was wrong.
Bruen chose rosary beads as a murder weapon. I wondered if he ever used them himself. They are too flimsy to make a real murder weapon, and too small to fit over most people's heads. That may be a small detail, but the beads play a large part in the novel. Bruen managed to make them metaphorical and profane at the same time.
There is some light in the novel, but this story is mostly about darkness. Modern Crime noir fans may like that. I'm not one of them. I would compare this to the movie The Departed. It is very well done, but I felt like taking a shower when I finished. You may be entertained by this novel, but it won't do you any good.
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