Ten books isn’t a bad run. Ten books might be considered a goodly series, by some, but I’ve just finished Brady’s tenth (The Coast Road), and it certainly doesn’t read like Matt Minogue’s swan song. Though there's been re-issues and Amazon kindle editions as recent as 2015, I believe The Coast Road was first published in 2010. That’s … [Read more...]
Matt Minogue, Clareman… and cracked?
John Brady's Matt Minogue hails from Clare County, Ireland. Thirty years living and working in Dublin, and married to a Dublin woman, Minogue is apparently still credited, by those who know him, and those he happens to meet along the way, with all the 'odd traits' of a Clareman. Now, having never yet been to Ireland, nor knowingly met … [Read more...]
Minogue, Magritte, Hegel and horses
Something I noticed while reading John Brady's Kaddish in Dublin … not till the first paragraph of Chapter ten, mind you… but here Minogue comments on the weather, ‘a break in the ceiling of cloud that had muffled the island for a week’: The air was fresh again. Clouds so white as to be patently silly-looking to Minogue hung themselves … [Read more...]
John Brady’s Matt Minogue
John Brady’s Matt Minogue series. Another on that ‘read, but neglected’ list. Honestly, I didn’t remember much about Matt Minogue… only that I’d considered him a candidate for this 'moody sleuth’ list I’m now getting around to recording. What I do recall of the first book, A Stone of the Heart, is that I picked it up after reading … [Read more...]
Jack Taylor Series by Ken Bruen
I’m a Ken Bruen convert. I came across Ken Bruen’s Galway sleuth, Jack Taylor, several times in the past, but he wouldn’t speak to me. Now his Irish brogue fairly resonates in my ears, head, mind. One more fan thanks to the faultless narration of Gerry O’Brien. I found O’Brien’s audio version of The Guards at Amazon/Audible. I … [Read more...]