“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

Monday, April 30, 2007

“Ya Wanna Do It Here Or Down The Station, Punk?” # 937: TS O'Rourke

Yep, it's rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire pick-'n'-mix Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ...
What crime novel would you most like to have written?
If we're talking Irish crime novel then Every Dead Thing. John Connolly rocks!!! Otherwise, anything by Ed McBain, James Ellroy or Elmore Leonard or George Pelecanos ... Andrew Vachss is great too ... how much space have you got?
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Paul Auster, the master of chance, but Henry Miller will always be king.
Most satisfying writing moment?
Starting a new novel with no known ending ...
The best Irish crime novel is …?
Ganglands by T.S. O'Rourke. You had to ask????
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
Ditto.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
The pay / the hunger.
Why does John Banville use a pseudonym for writing crime?
So that people with lower brows might buy his books?
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Violent, sexual, social ...

Word around the campfire is, TS O'Rourke is currently embroiled in writing a new Dublin-based novel. Jump over here for updates.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

T.S. O'Rourke? Does he write as mean as he looks?
Bobby the Rookie

Anonymous said...

Even meaner...