“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, January 14, 2008
If It Ain’t Fixed, Don’t Broke It
Where’d you get a gun like this? he said. At the gittin place. Cormac McCarthy, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (1992)
Where’d you get that pistol? she called. At the gettin place. Cormac McCarthy, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2005)
I'd say he was self-referencing ... it's not the kind of line you'd forget. Especially as it was in the All The Pretty Horses movie too ... Lucas Black stealing the show as Blevins. Cheers, Dec
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Did he just forget is he doing a Stephen King and referencing his own work?
I'd say he was self-referencing ... it's not the kind of line you'd forget. Especially as it was in the All The Pretty Horses movie too ... Lucas Black stealing the show as Blevins. Cheers, Dec
That's a typical Texas comment. I've heard it thousands of times over the course of my life.
It's one of my favourite lines, Bill ... I love that kind of deadpan delivery. Cheers, Dec
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