Declan Burke: Hark! Is That A Trumpet Parp We Hear?

“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, May 2, 2007

Hark! Is That A Trumpet Parp We Hear?

There we were, happily trawling around for some Ken Bruen material, when we stumbled across the best hardboiled and noir books published since 2000. Lawksamussy, there was yon Eight Ball Boogie in company with Ken Bruen, George Pelacanos, Richard Stark, James Sallis, Michael Connelly and Joe Gores. Did we soil ourselves with excitement? T'was a close-run thing, people, and no mistake ... except then we spotted this from last Saturday's Indo, and lost the run of ourselves completely. We'll be declaring ourselves an independent republic next ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: It is an excellent yarn. Any sign of a sequel?; May 2, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Anonymous said...: Interested in crime writing - where can I get hold of this 'Eight Ball Boogie'?; May 2, 2007 at 11:21 PM