Night Boat to Tangier

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Call Number: Fiction / Barry, Kevin, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Barry, Kevin
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Barry, Kevin	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Barry, Kevin	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Barry, Kevin	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Barry, Kevin	4-week checkout	On Shelf

From the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the butt ends of their damage-filled careers. A superbly melancholic melody of a novel full of beautiful phrases and terrible men. In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen -- Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs -- sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice's estranged daughter, Dilly, to either arrive on a boat coming from Tangier or depart on one heading there. This nocturnal vigil will initiate an extraordinary journey back in time to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals and serial exiles, rendered with the dark humor and the hardboiled Hibernian lyricism that have made Kevin Barry one of the most striking and admired fiction writers at work today.

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Couldn’t finish — Creepy and violent though a good writer submitted by sirigottlieb on March 22, 2022, 9:46am I enjoyed every sentence — the author writes in an authentic voice, with a sly humor and beautiful command of dialogue. However, the characters are distinctly unsympathetic and their behavior is sadistic. For these reasons, I put it down after 40 pages.

An average book submitted by pratibhamahesh on July 20, 2023, 4:06pm This book starts and ends at the same place but tells a loong story about two ex drug smugglers : their ups and downs. Though I finished reading, I did not enjoy the book and would not recommend.