Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Ken Bruen

Born: January 3, 1951 (age 74)
Bio: Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction.
Known for:
- The Guards (2001)
- The dramatist (2004)
- The Magdalen martyrs (2003)
- The Killing of the Tinkers (2002)
- Once Were Cops (2008)