Praise for Declan Burke: “A fine writer at the top of his game.” – Lee Child. “Prose both scabrous and poetic.” – Publishers Weekly. “Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness.” – The Spectator. “A sheer pleasure.” – Tana French. “A hardboiled delight.” – The Guardian. “Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review). “The effortless cool of Elmore Leonard at his peak.” – Ray Banks. “Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre, was ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL.” – Sunday Times. “The writing is a joy.” – Ken Bruen. “A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O’Brien.” – John Banville.
Quoth the Irish Times: 
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She's not into crime (that I know of), but children's author Meg Rosoff has some fairly worthy thoughts on life and all that, on her website this morning.
http://www.megrosoff.co.uk/bio.html
Go on and read the bit on ambition, too.
We are still feeling pretty giddy this am in Ohio. The realization that "democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope" were not stabbed to death by the Bush administration is a heady one.
Yes, first the Phillies now this.
And Bookwitch that piece on ambition is very good. When does ambition become greed? Who gets to decide what "better place" the world is made into? How does one persons success impact on another's failure?
More questions than answers, certainly, but that's the point. And it sure does fit into crime fiction, in many ways it's the big theme we wrestle everyday. Just look at The Big O and the role of ambition.
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