Declan Burke: Big Audio Dynamite

“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, October 6, 2008

Big Audio Dynamite

Those of you who have wondered exactly how dulcet the Grand Vizier’s tones are need wonder no longer. For lo! The Critical Mickster has done us proud, as always, and hoisted an audio interview on his interweb malarkey – scroll down about halfway, and it’s there on the right-hand side. Or just clickety-click on this … It’s been a while since Mick conducted the interview, but if memory serves I’m waffling on about why Ruth ‘Cuddly’ Dudley-Edwards (right) is so cuddly, why Gene Kerrigan is the master of gritty Irish noir, and why everything is so blummin’ wonderful in the wonderful world of Irish crime fiction. Yep, business as usual, then …

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Shameless plug: a full interview with Dulcet Dec will feature on The Writing Show on Sunday the 26th of October.

Warning: in addition to Irish crime fiction, a behind-the-scenes scoop on the Grand Viz's two novels, and the secrets of succeeding in freelance journalism, this writingshow.com interview will mention cupcakes.

Invitation: Check out writingshow.com for weekly podcasts that provide information and inspiration for writers, or subscribe for free via iTunes!

Signing Off: Mick; October 7, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Anonymous said...: Dulcet?; October 8, 2008 at 2:20 PM
adrian mckinty said...: When's the post coming about your extended piss-up, I mean, book reading/convention visit?; October 9, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Anonymous said...: Never, I suspect. Over on Detectives Beyond Borders there's a photo of our Declan stealing a bike. He might not come back.; October 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Peter Rozovsky said...: As promised, "Galway Girl" in Irish.
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Detectives Beyond Borders
"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/; October 10, 2008 at 1:08 PM