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?
THE LONG GOODBYE by Raymond Chandler.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Peter Pan. He can fly, he fights pirates, he won’t grow up.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
MULLINER’S TALES by P.G Wodehouse. One story before bedtime. Add a cup of hot chocolate and life is about as good as if gets.
Most satisfying writing moment?
When a sentence falls on the page and you have no idea where it came from, but it’s perfect.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
THE WRONG KIND OF BLOOD by Declan Hughes. (no kidding) Everything about it appeals to the altar boy I used to be.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
Keith Baker’s INHERITANCE. I read it and could see it on the big screen at the same time.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
The loneliness.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Buy this book or I’ll shoot your dog.
Who are you reading right now?
Mario Vargas Llosa’s CONVERSATIONS IN THE CATHEDRAL.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
I’d tell him to fuck off.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Lost. Searching. Redemption.
Jon Steele’s THE WATCHERS is published by Bantam.
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