Night Boat To Tangier: A Novel

"The plot of Kevin Barry’s Night Boat to Tangier is simple: Two old Irish drug smugglers, Maurice and Charlie, spend a night in the dark waiting room of a ferry terminal in the Spanish port of Algeciras, waiting for Maurice’s estranged daughter. And waiting leads to talking – about their lives of crime, lost loves, living in exile and the violence they’ve experienced. Told with incredible economy of language and a healthy dose of black humor, Night Boat to Tangier is a deliciously dark comedy about two unforgettable thugs who are also philosophers and longtime friends — and who are funny as hell."