What crime novel would you most like to have written?
FREAKY DEAKY (Elmore Leonard). The opening is so well done.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Jason Bourne.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
James Schuyler (NY poet), Billy Collins, Roger McGough … (“Time wounds all heels.”)
Most satisfying writing moment?
Having a poem published in the TLS - and getting paid £25 for it - in 1981!
If you could recommend one Irish crime novel, what would it be?
CHRISTINE FALLS - Benjamin Black.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
CHRISTINE FALLS - Benjamin Black.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Worst - when you look back on a piece of work that seemed inspired when you wrote it, to discover it is dross. Best - when you look back on a piece of work that seemed rubbish when you wrote it, to discover it is quite good.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Meet Daniel Hennessy - artist, mental patient, sociopath. Released on compassionate grounds due to terminal illness, Danny has one last mission to perform,
Who are you reading right now?
Short Stories (Chekhov); THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Jordan Belfort); THE REASON I JUMP (Naoki Higashida); CADILLAC JUKEBOX (James Lee Burke)
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Read.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Dark. Witty. Tight.
Frank McGrath’s THE CUT is published by Longboat Publishing.
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