{"product_id":"the-midnight-choir-9781933372266","title":"The Midnight Choir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of The Rage: \"A ripping crime tale, impressive in scope and crackling with energy . . . a fascinating portrait of contemporary Ireland\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Choir\u003c\/em\u003e teems with moral dilemmas, and Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly-scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety. Small-time criminals have become millionaire businessmen, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the police face a world where the old rules no longer apply. \"Believe me, you want \u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Choir\u003c\/em\u003e with you on holiday,\" says the \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \"This is the kind of book you pass on to someone you like, and say 'read this.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The author does everything well. He conveys beautifully the ritual of cops and their quarry, while evoking the feel of a city where new yuppie influence rubs up against the remnants of a seedy, savage past.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The lethal precision of his closing punches leaves quite a lasting mark.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's Kerrigan's firm control of the procedural genre and the breathtaking twist he gives his plot that show him to be a master of the form.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An absorbing, beautifully written tale.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kerrigan's moody, unsettling tale explores the criminal underside of Dublin and, by extension, the dark, hidden face of twenty-first-century Ireland . . . Gripping crime fiction in which the setting is unequivocally the protagonist.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intricately plotted novel that can safely be mentioned in the same breath as those by Rankin.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Kerrigan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Dublin writer. He has been a journalist for over thirty years, Journalist of the Year in 1985 and 1990, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Great Little Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (with Pat Brennan), \u003ci\u003eNever Make a Promise You Can't Break: How to Succeed in Irish Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel, \u003ci\u003eLittle Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50446182744338,"sku":"9781933372266","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00508a55-d773-46ab-b836-02f105375f2c.jpg?v=1729705886","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-midnight-choir-9781933372266","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}