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Jim Ruland's avatar

Thank you for this. Will have to go back and check out some of these earlier titles.

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Ken Luer's avatar

Great chat with one of the very best.

Love his spare, sharp prose, like Irish crime fiction haiku.

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Jonathan Woods's avatar

Ken Bruen was a brilliant and very funny crime story writer and a great supporter of other writers! He wrote blurbs for all 5 of my books. I had the pleasure of meeting him some years back when he was in NYC @ the Mysterious Bookshop. R.I.P.

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John Veale's avatar

Been a Ken Bruen fan for years - thanks for posting the interview. Also lost James Carlos Blake recently - another great writer.

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Christopher Manson's avatar

Thanks Duane. I only read a couple of his collaborations with Jason Starr on the Hard Case Crime label and loved them. As I'm a year sober, I'd love to check out the one series. I especially enjoyed his explaining his writing ritual.

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Ricky Lee Grove's avatar

I love the fact that he was a Beckett fan. It explains a lot. Thanks for sharing this, Duane. Farewell, Mr. Bruen. I'll join you for a drink in years to come.

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Jay Willson's avatar

This news bums me out to no end - Bruen was a master writer; truly original. Fantastic interview by you, however - one of the best I’ve read of our man Ken. RIP Ken Bruen.

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Michael A. Gonzales's avatar

Thank you for this. The Guards shifted my world. Though he and I never met in person, Jerry Rodriguez introduced us via email, and Ken soon became the best pen-pal ever. I loved that dude.

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Pat Fitzgerald's avatar

Thanks, great interview. It’s been a few years since I read Bruen. I think American Skin, coincidentally, was the last I picked up. This post prompted me to get a few of his more recent books.

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