tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post1723503797547776339..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Taken, Not StirredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-31352017400395081982011-06-30T18:06:05.718+01:002011-06-30T18:06:05.718+01:00Happy to be corrected?? Um, does Mrs. GV know abo...Happy to be corrected?? Um, does Mrs. GV know about this?Josh Schrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962399653280903290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-62161324154453793152011-06-28T23:51:30.196+01:002011-06-28T23:51:30.196+01:00Confusing people just because I asked a question, ...Confusing people just because I asked a question, then asked another that had nothing to do with the first question.<br /><br />Procedural mysteries, from my point of view, seem to dominate the crime best seller lists at the moment. Did O'Connor make the list for being Irish or as a writer of a crime procedural?<br /><br />How much does location or nationality of the writer play in readers' choices? Isn't story form and characters more important?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-83138997271128485772011-06-28T20:23:57.476+01:002011-06-28T20:23:57.476+01:00Gents - I hear what you're saying, but if that...Gents - I hear what you're saying, but if that was the case, no one would ever read a crime novel, anywhere. And as far as I know, although I'm happy to be corrected, it's the most popular kind of fiction. So what's happening? Is everyone reading crime fiction set somewhere other than their own country? <br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-38802451926722575462011-06-28T18:39:31.767+01:002011-06-28T18:39:31.767+01:00Dec, I don't know about Irish TV, but if its p...Dec, I don't know about Irish TV, but if its programming is anything like American TV, one cause of Irish crime being absent from the top ten list may be over-saturation from a the television media. If you cut out all of the cop shows and reality shows in American broadcasting TV, you'd be left with... um, a lot of static. I know over here I barely crack a crime novel anymore. There is just too much of that topic being pushed at us.Josh Schrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962399653280903290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-55786019095681557652011-06-28T17:57:36.849+01:002011-06-28T17:57:36.849+01:00Could it be because crime in an Irish setting is t...Could it be because crime in an Irish setting is too close to the reader's reality? Maybe people are looking to escape to other places.<br /><br />Also, what kind of crime novels made the best seller list? Any dark comic crime capers or Irish like noir?<br /><br />Did you know the top three American TV series in the world market (according to DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD) is CSI, CSI - MIAMI, and HOUSE? All are procedural dramas.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.com