Crime Always Pays: The Devil Has All The Best Toons

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean (Declan Burke, right, with Chief Helper Elf, the Princess Lilyput) but is in fact quite happy to share the latest news, reviews, gossip and slander about the dicks, dames and desperados of (mostly) Irish crime fiction in order to plug his own novels. We thank you for your cooperation. Contact: dbrodb(at)gmail.com. For agent enquiries, etc., contact Allan Guthrie, c/o Jenny Brown Associates. Those of you looking for Lilyput’s World should click here.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Devil Has All The Best Toons

We’ve had crime fiction novels and short stories here at CAP Towers, and we’ve even had crime fiction poetry courtesy of Colm Keegan, but crime fiction funnies? We like Eolaí at American Hell, people …

3 comments:

Eolaí gan Fhéile said...: Why thank you very much. I'd add something to display my taser-like wit, only it's a national holiday and I need to defrost the meat for the dinner. Cheers!; March 17, 2008 9:06 AM
Declan Burke said...: Tazer-like wit? And go showing us up where we live? Stick to the toons, sir, or we'll sic Gerard Brennan on you. He's from Norn Iron, y'know ...; March 18, 2008 12:06 AM
Uiscebot said...: I fell upon eolai's scribblings before, even submitted a few names which had the honour of being included in his drawings.

Ah tis a small t'interweb all the same.; March 19, 2008 1:13 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe in a reader

BAD FOR GOOD – The Early Word

“A genuinely original take on noir, inventive and funny. Imagine, if you can, a cross between Flann O’Brien and Raymond Chandler.” – John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of THE SEA

“BAD FOR GOOD is unlike anything else you’ll read this year … Laugh-out-loud funny … This is writing at its dazzling, cleverest zenith. Think John Fowles, via Paul Auster and Rolling Stone … a feat of extraordinary alchemy.” – Ken Bruen, author of AMERICAN SKIN

“Burke has written a deep, lyrical and moving crime novel … an intoxicating and exciting novel of which the master himself, Flann O’Brien, would be proud.” – Adrian McKinty, author FIFTY GRAND

“Stop waiting for Godot – he’s here. Declan Burke takes the existential dilemma of characters writing themselves and turns it on its ear, and then some. He gives it body and soul … an Irish soul.” – Reed Farrel Coleman, two-time Shamus Award-winning author of EMPTY EVER AFTER

“BAD FOR GOOD is shockingly original and completely entertaining. Post-modern crime fiction at its very best.” – John McFetridge, author of EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

“A harrowing and yet hilarious examination of the gradual disintegration of a writer’s personality, as well as a damned fine noir novel … Burke has outdone himself this time; it’s a hell of a read.” – Scott Philips, author of THE ICE HARVEST

“The whole book is insane. It’s so gonzo that after reading it I felt as though I had turned into Hunter S Thompson. Funny, warped, cleverly written meta-fiction.” – Donna Moore, author of … GO TO HELENA HANDBASKET