The redoubtable Allen Pierleoni at the Sacramento Bee does our humble offering THE BIG O proud in a mini-feature in which he reckons readers should “spend time with investigators who toil in foreign countries” and offers 10 recommendations, pithily suggesting that “Burke’s second novel (after EIGHTBALL BOOGIE) is in keeping with the new wave of Irish hardboiled detective fiction (think in terms of Declan Hughes, Ken Bruen and Adrian McKinty)”. Fine writers one and all, and delighted I am to be mentioned in the same breath. Meanwhile, some of his other recommendations come from Denis Lehane, Stieg Larsson, Stuart Kaminsky and Carlos Fuentes ... Yep, it’s official – this BIG O lark is getting way out of hand.
Speaking of which, Jeff Kingston has been kind enough to ask me to guest-blog at The Rap Sheet in the week running up to the publication of THE BIG O, with the first post appearing today. But then, you all subscribe to The Rap Sheet anyway, so I’m probably not telling you anything don’t already know. The first post is a bit on the serious side, but I’ll lighten up after that. By Friday it’ll be a regular giggle-fest, I promise …
Btw,did my mail arrive this time?
ReplyDeleteMarco
No sign of it, squire ... and it didn't get snarled up in the spam filter. Odd, that ... I'll investigate further. Cheers, Dec
ReplyDeleteI've just received your follow-up mail.
ReplyDeleteIn case you won't receive my answer,sure I'd like my copies signed.
Seems to happen only with you,but now I'm worrying whether some other mail may have gone missing from time to time...
Ciao
Marco