Book · 2019 · Criminals
Night Boat To Tangier
A novel
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I'm going to go to our fifth and final book on our fiction side which is nightboat to Tangier by Kevin Barry.
The best things said about it
Recently on vacation a book called night boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry the Irish writer.
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Why people recommend it
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry is a darkly humorous and atmospheric novel that follows two aging, weary Irish gangsters as they wait in a Spanish ferry port for news of a missing daughter. John Williams recommended the novel on The Book Review, describing his experience reading the book by the Irish author during a recent vacation. Dwight Garner also enthusiastically discussed the book during a critics roundtable on the podcast, highlighting the distinct personalities of the grizzled protagonists navigating their complex pasts. Gilbert Cruz later featured the novel as the final selection on the fiction side of the year-end best books list, and Pamela Paul noted its prominent inclusion on the official editors' top ten list. Through these discussions, the novel is celebrated for its rich stylistic prose, sharp dialogue, and its gritty yet poetic exploration of friendship, aging, and regret within the underbelly of the international drug trade.
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Dwight Garner and the new one is called nightboat to Tangier and it's about a couple old gu the guys they're not even tha… 1
“and the new one is called nightboat to Tangier and it's about a couple old gu the guys they're not even that old they're probably mid-50s they're grizzled though”
Gilbert Cruz I'm going to go to our fifth and final book on our fiction side which is nightboat to Tangier by Kevin Barry 1
“I'm going to go to our fifth and final book on our fiction side which is nightboat to Tangier by Kevin Barry”
John Williams recently on vacation a book called night boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry the Irish writer 1
“recently on vacation a book called night boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry the Irish writer”
Pamela Paul and all three of the those books made your list as well as two books that were on the book review editors l… 1
“and all three of the those books made your list as well as two books that were on the book review editors list the top 10 list nightboat to Tangier and the yellow house”