Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ...What crime novel would you most like to have written?
If it’s in the genre heartland, any Ross McDonald Lew Archer.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Travis McGee in the Chookie McCall days.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Sven Hassel.
Most satisfying writing moment?
Finishing THE ULTRAS.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
THE BUTCHER BOY by Pat McCabe.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
All of them.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Worst thing is money. Best thing is apprehending the transcendent.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Lance Curran as counsel for the prosecution in the Robert the Painter case.
Who are you reading right now?
Susan Sontag, ON PHOTOGRAPHY. “... as if seeing itself, pursued with sufficient avidity and single-mindedness, could indeed reconcile the claims of truth and the need to find the world beautiful.”
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Without question, write.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Looking for mystery.
Eoin McNamee’s ORCHID BLUE is published by Faber and Faber.
2 comments:
"Resurrection Man" is one of the best novels I read this year. Thanks Dec for turning me on to it.
"The Butcher Boy" also looks intriguing, thanks for the heads up, Eion.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Worst thing is money. Best thing is apprehending the transcendent.
Great answer. I too have now sent for RESURRECTION MAN, my first by this author.
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