“Declan Burke is his own genre. The Lammisters dazzles, beguiles and transcends. Virtuoso from start to finish.” – Eoin McNamee “This bourbon-smooth riot of jazz-age excess, high satire and Wodehouse flamboyance is a pitch-perfect bullseye of comic brilliance.” – Irish Independent Books of the Year 2019 “This rapid-fire novel deserves a place on any bookshelf that grants asylum to PG Wodehouse, Flann O’Brien or Kyril Bonfiglioli.” – Eoin Colfer, Guardian Best Books of the Year 2019 “The funniest book of the year.” – Sunday Independent “Declan Burke is one funny bastard. The Lammisters ... conducts a forensic analysis on the anatomy of a story.” – Liz Nugent “Burke’s exuberant prose takes centre stage … He plays with language like a jazz soloist stretching the boundaries of musical theory.” – Totally Dublin “A mega-meta smorgasbord of inventive language ... linguistic verve not just on every page but every line.Irish Times “Above all, The Lammisters gives the impression of a writer enjoying himself. And so, dear reader, should you.” – Sunday Times “A triumph of absurdity, which burlesques the literary canon from Shakespeare, Pope and Austen to Flann O’Brien … The Lammisters is very clever indeed.” – The Guardian

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

What KT Did Next: Author In 'Writes Another Book' Shocker!

He may stop a tad short, perhaps, of looking 'rather pleasantly like a blond satan', but KT McCaffrey (right) is definitely in touch with his inner Spade in this photo-op with the Meath Chronicle from last month. The point of the exercise? To promote the release of the latest Emma Boylan thriller, Bishop's Pawn, which was published, erm, back in January. Ah well, better late than never, eh? This time the patented McCaffrey neat twist has Emma reading her own obituary, and finding herself dragged into the apparent suicide of a bishop's illegitimate daughter - which Emma witnessed herself. It's doing very well for itself over in the UK, thanks for asking ... Oh, and better late than never # 2: anyone who missed out on McCaffrey's previous Boylan, The End of the Line (2003), can catch up with an extract here ...

No comments: