Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ...What crime novel would you most like to have written?
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Alejandro Stern in PRESUMED INNOCENT.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Sportswriters who write books.
Most satisfying writing moment?
When I finished the first chapter of my first novel and realized I could finish it.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
I haven’t read a lot of Irish crime fiction, but I just finished THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST by Stuart Neville and thought it was terrific.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
See above.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
The best thing is being able to delay growing up. The worst thing is, because you’ve delayed growing up, you haven’t paid attention to a lot of things that could have made you money.
The pitch for your next book is …?
A cross between THE BIG SLEEP and GOODBYE COLUMBUS.
Who are you reading right now?
AGENT ZIGZAG by Ben MacIntyre.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Read.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Realistic. Gritty. Compassionate.
Miles Corwin’s KIND OF BLUE is published by Oceanview Publishing.
1 comment:
"Requiems for the Departed", the collection of short stories from Morrigan Press is worth reading.
It's a sort of gothic "Kiss Me Kate" where stories run parallel in time through the narratives.
I got it through our local library and it is worth making a case for the fee paid to authors every time a book is borrowed to be retained.
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