What crime novel would you most like to have written?
THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson (very tough to pick just one, I tell you!).
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
If I say Nick Corey from Thompson’s POP. 1280, does that make me a psycho? If so pretend I said Highsmith’s Tom Ripley.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
I try to avoid this situation.
Most satisfying writing moment?
When someone tells you that what you wrote hit them right in the balls.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
I’ll give you two that jawed me - THE GUARDS by Ken Bruen, and DEAD I WELL MAY BE by Adrian McKinty.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
I think McKinty’s sleeper FALLING GLASS would adapt very, very well.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Constant rejection and misinterpretation. Flashes of praise and occasional absolute understanding.
The pitch for your next book is …?
A slow-burn psycho, a big bet gone wrong in Vegas, booze, madness and Mexico ... oh, and a beautiful young trophy wife that my boy stupidly falls ass over for (including all the mayhem, punishment and revenge that comes with it).
Who are you reading right now?
THE SHARK-INFESTED CUSTARD by Charles Willeford.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Uh ... suicide?
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Unremitting, thoughtful, fecund. (If you’re thinking ‘Boy, what an asshole’, know that I thought it first).
JJ Deceglie’s DRAWING DEAD is available as an e-book on Amazon.com.
1 comment:
A new name to me. I've just bought Drawing Dead based on this interview and it starts off really, really well.
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