Declan Burke: ADVERTISEMENT: ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL and the Irish Book Awards

“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

Sunday, November 13, 2011

ADVERTISEMENT: ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL and the Irish Book Awards

The Bord Gais Irish Book Awards take place on November 17th, and the winners of the various sections will be decided by public vote. All the categories can be found at the link below, with BLOODLAND by Alan Glynn, TABOO by Casey Hill, A DEATH IN SUMMER by Benjamin Black, THE RECKONING by Jane Casey, THE BLOODY MEADOW by William Ryan and ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL by Declan Burke shortlisted in the Ireland AM Crime Fiction category. If you’ve read any of the above titles, and would like to vote for them, clickety-click here …