Dead I Well May Be, Adrian McKinty
Dead I Well May Be, Adrian McKinty
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Dead I Well May Be

Author: Adrian McKinty

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/26/2005

Synopsis

This Irish bad-boy thriller, set in the hardest streets of New York City, introduces us to Michael Forsythe, an illegal immigrant escaping from the Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Clever, fearless, and handy with a pistol, young Michael is just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a New York crime boss, to join his gang of thugs fighting for their turf. But just as Michael is being anointed Darkey’s rising star, he inadvisably seduces Darkey’s girl. Suddenly the tables are turned, and Darkey plans a very hard fall for young Michael. But Darkey fails to account for Michael’s toughness—or his determination to wreak vengeance upon those who betray him.A natural storyteller with a gift for dialogue, McKinty delivers us a stunning new noir voice, dark and stylish, mythic and violent—complete with an Irish lilt.

About Adrian McKinty

How does one graduate from prestigious Oxford University and end up with such a mixture of odd jobs. Such was the life of Irish born author, Adrian McKinty. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1968 as number four of five children. His father was a welder and boilermaker, but then became a merchant seaman. Adrian grew up reading crime novels and science fiction.

McKinty moved to New York City after receiving his Oxford degree, where he lived in Harlem. This is where the Oxford graduate took jobs as bartender, security guard, bookstore clerk, rugby coach, door to door salesman, and librarian for the Columbia University Medical School Library. After that, Adrian moved to Denver, Colorado where he was a high school English teacher. During this phase of his career, he began writing fiction with his first novel being, Dead I Well May Be. It received great recognition from peer review publishers. The next award winning novel was the sequel to his first entitled, The Dead Yard.

McKinty and his wife moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2008 with their children.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Tammy on 2009-08-19 07:57:07

I have seen slasher moves but until I read this book I had never read a slasher novel. this book is full of blood and killing but very little plot.

Goodreads review by Φώτης on November 22, 2018

3,5 / 5 Ποιοτικό neo-noir από έναν Ιρλανδό συγγραφέα που δεν κρύβει τις επιρροές του από τους Δασκάλους του είδους. Πολλώ δεν μάλλον που το 1ο μέρος της τριλογίας αυτής διαδραματίζεται στη Νέα Υόρκη, οπότε τα αμιγώς ιρλανδικά στοιχεία συνδυάζονται με το ντεκαντάνς πνεύμα της μητρόπολης. Το βιβλίο ξεκι......more

Goodreads review by John on December 14, 2016

I liked this book but not as much as McGinty's Sean Duffy series. This was first published in 2003 so perhaps he still had to learn to control his formidable writing talent. I saw one review that described him as part poet and part master story-teller, and I'd have to agree. But most of the last thi......more

Goodreads review by Josh on April 04, 2018

A classic noir with mob connotations, ‘Dead I Well May Be’ introduces a hero with more heart than body parts (read the book, you’ll know what I mean). From Ireland to New York to the jungles of Mexico the blood runs think and fast as the protagonist seeks vengeance for his wrong doing. I liken this......more

Quotes

“Gerard Doyle gives a riveting performance…Doyle is brilliantly understated, dark, and ironic…Tender and brutal, this is an amazing book boasting a stunning performance. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

AudioFile

“Dead I Well May Be, as a portrait of violence and revenge, is a gem.”

Washington Post

“McKinty…is a storyteller with the kind of style and panache that blur the line between genre and mainstream. Top-drawer.”

Kirkus Reviews

“A literate, funny, wise old soul in the body of a dangerously naive teen, his Michael draws us close and relates a fantastic tale of murder and revenge in low, wry tones, as if from the next barstool…One of the best crime fiction debuts of the year.”

Booklist

“Michael Forsythe is a crook, a deviant, a lover, a fighter, and a thinker. His Irish-tough language of isolation and longing makes us love and trust him despite his oh-so-great and violent flaws. When you finish this book, you just might wish you’d lived the life in its pages, and thought its thoughts, both horrible and sublime.”

Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
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