“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

Friday, May 4, 2007

"Ya Wanna Do It Here Or Down At The Station, Punk?" # 439: Tess Gerritsen

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?
Tokyo by Mo Hayder.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Lisa Scottoline.
Most satisfying writing moment? When the manuscript goes off in the mail.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
Not gonna answer that one because I don't think I've read enough of them. Suffice it to say that Ken Bruen's books would likely be on the list of bests! I've also really enjoyed Julie Parsons and John Connolly, but I don't know if they're considered "Irish" enough?
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
Pretty much any of Ken's!
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
The worst? That you can never really turn it off. I feel as if I’m never really on vacation because I'm always thinking about the next book, or still re-writing the last one. The best? When an idea hits me for a new book, there's no greater high in all the world.
Why does John Banville use a pseudonym for writing crime?
I have no idea.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Fast, dark, creepy.

Tess Gerritsen's latest, The Mephisto Club, is available now.

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