“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

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Publication: A MAN WITH ONE OF THOSE FACES by Caimh McDonnell

Stand-up comedian and scriptwriter Caimh McDonnell published his debut novel, A MAN WITH ONE OF THOSE FACES (McFori Ink), on August 27th. Quoth the blurb elves:
A darkly comic Irish crime thriller.
  The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident.
  The second time was deliberate.
  Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one too many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history … or else they’ll be history.
  To read Caimh on ‘The problem of comedic crime’, clickety-click here

Launch: BENEATH THE SURFACE by Jo Spain

Monday, September 12, 2016

Launch: THE CONTEMPORARY IRISH DETECTIVE NOVEL

Glucksman Ireland House at NYU hosts the launch of two books tomorrow evening, September 13th, as Elizabeth Mannion launches THE CONTEMPORARY IRISH DETECTIVE NOVEL and Stuart Neville launches SO SAY THE FALLEN. To wit:
Irish detective fiction has enjoyed an international readership for over a decade, appearing on best-seller lists across the globe. But its breadth of hard-boiled and amateur detectives, historical fiction, and police procedurals has remained somewhat marginalized in academic scholarship.
  Exploring the work of some of its leading writers, The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel, edited by Elizabeth Mannion, opens new ground in Irish literary criticism and genre studies. It considers the detective genre’s position in Irish Studies and the standing of Irish authors within the detective novel tradition.
  Writers John Connolly, Declan Hughes, and Stuart Neville will participate and will be signing books, as will Professors Elizabeth Mannion, Fiona Coffey, and Brian Cliff.

Tuesday, September 13, 7:00 p.m.
at Glucksman Ireland House NYU
  For more, clickety-click here