Review
PRAISE FOR DECLAN HUGHES:
(* )
‘I’d be prepared to swear that there has never been a character in Irish crime fiction with a name so taut, muscular and slyly tongue in cheek as Ed Loy . . .'
(Irish Times 20060501)
‘To call Declan Hughes "a natural" is to engage in understatement. Here is a crime novel that’s both deftly plotted and truly character-driven. Like Chandler’s Los Angeles, Hughes’s Dublin is brilliantly atmospheric. The dialogue crackles and the characters have a truly lived-in authenticity. A great read’ (Douglas Kennedy 20060501)
'Declan Hughes breathes new life into the private detective story' (Michael Connelly 20060501)
'Finally Ireland gets a hardboiled detective worthy of the name...- it's not hard to see why [Declan Hughes'] publisher placed so much faith in such a relative newcomer' (Ireland on Sunday 20060416)
'Top class . . . Fast moving, and paced with acutely observed dialogue, Hughes draws an accurate and decidedly dark picture of the changes wrought by Celtic Tiger Ireland on Seaview and its inhabitants. Highly recommended'
(Irish Independent Review 20060415)
'Hughes is in his element describing the sites and sounds of the places Loy visits' (Sunday Tribune 20060416)
‘Declan Hughes manages the extremely difficult trick of not only locating a credible thriller in Ireland but also casting an eye on the way this society has changed utterly in the past two decades . . . Hughes laces his plot with razor-sharp and frequently hilarious comments on Irish society’
(Herald AM and Evening Herald 20060401)
'Declan Hughes has written a thriller that is a hell of a good read . . . there’s an energy to his writing that suggests he’s in it for the long haul'
(Irish Sunday Independent 20060430)
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Book Description
Popular text covering the biological knowledge needed for many of the syllabuses in the Tropics and including sample examinations to help students prepare for the real thing.
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