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A White Arrest
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A pair of rough cops hunts for a career-making arrest in this first novel of the “hip, violent and funny” trilogy set in Southeast London (Publishers Weekly).
After four decades at the precinct, and close to forcible retirement, all London’s Chief Inspector Roberts has to show for it is a hateful daughter, a faithless wife, and a dwindling bank account. With his partner, the bullying Irish Detective Sergeant Brant, Roberts is still looking for every cop’s badge of honor: the White Arrest—that career-changing bust that could make them chat show heroes. Or least wipe their dirty slates clean. And they have a lot to work with right now . . .
A racist Death Wish–inspired street gang is lynching drug dealers from Brixton lampposts. And in the quiet suburb of Balham, a bat-wielding lunatic has been bashing in the skulls of a schoolboys’ cricket team. With any luck Roberts and Brant will make the front page—by any means necessary.
With two unforgettable—and arguably irredeemable—tough London cops, award-winning author Ken Bruen again proves he’s “become the crime novelist to read” (George Pelecanos).
After four decades at the precinct, and close to forcible retirement, all London’s Chief Inspector Roberts has to show for it is a hateful daughter, a faithless wife, and a dwindling bank account. With his partner, the bullying Irish Detective Sergeant Brant, Roberts is still looking for every cop’s badge of honor: the White Arrest—that career-changing bust that could make them chat show heroes. Or least wipe their dirty slates clean. And they have a lot to work with right now . . .
A racist Death Wish–inspired street gang is lynching drug dealers from Brixton lampposts. And in the quiet suburb of Balham, a bat-wielding lunatic has been bashing in the skulls of a schoolboys’ cricket team. With any luck Roberts and Brant will make the front page—by any means necessary.
With two unforgettable—and arguably irredeemable—tough London cops, award-winning author Ken Bruen again proves he’s “become the crime novelist to read” (George Pelecanos).
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“This is my second Ken Bruen book after reading the Guards. I am once again rating it three stars because it's as rough as its protagonists in parts. The reason I continue and will still read on with Bruen are the moments of writing brilliance. Like this: "A waitress in her fifties came over. She'd obviously had disappointing news in her teens and wasn't yet recovered". Well worth the wait but of course you want a lot more.
His writing style seems to be 'awkward realism,' with his strengths in making conversations leap off the page - an Irish Elmore Leonard. It's when he isn't writing dialogue that Bruen gets clunky, like he's searching around for inspiration. The cultural references are OK up to a point but I don't really want to know every character's favourite author, cherished piece of music, song they know all the lyrics to, but for some reason this theme comes bouncing back more than any other, as if he couldn't think of anything else to write about. Some are fine, and I like the way they tie in with elements of the story or theme - like Brant's fascination with Ed McBain. But enough is enough.
I'll still be back for more, but hopeful he hones these rough edges (in the writing not the characters because of course that's part of the appeal) so that I feel a little less like my own face is being smacked into the wall every few pages.”
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“Crazy book about some unlikable characters, but fascinating nonetheless. Not really sure what, if anything, got solved in this police book, but can't wait to read the next one.”
About Ken Bruen
Ken Bruen (b. 1951) is one of the most prominent Irish crime writers of the last two decades. Born in Galway, he spent twenty-five years traveling the world before he began writing in the mid 1990s. As an English teacher, Bruen worked in South Africa, Japan, and South America, where he once spent a short time in a Brazilian jail. He has two long-running series: one starring a disgraced former policeman named Jack Taylor, the other a London police detective named Inspector Brant. Praised for their sharp insight into the darker side of today’s prosperous Ireland, Bruen’s novels are marked by grim atmosphere and clipped prose. Among the best known are his White Trilogy (1998–2000) and The Guards (2001), the Shamus award-winning first novel in the Jack Taylor series. Bruen continues to live and work in Galway.
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