Crikey. There we were, happily plugging Colin Bateman's upcomer I Predict A Riot, when we were stopped dead in our tracks by eagle-eyed lawyers - because he's not rubbishy old Colin Bateman anymore, he's 'Bateman'. There's posh, eh? Here's hoping no one confuses him with this Bateman, or there'll be hell to pay. Meanwhile, we just can't resist sharing Arena's oldie-but-goodie verdict on Colin Bateman / 'Bateman': "If Roddy Doyle was as good as people say, he would probably write novels like this". Mee-ow, etc.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Colin Bateman: Taking Name-Dropping To A Whole New Level
Crikey. There we were, happily plugging Colin Bateman's upcomer I Predict A Riot, when we were stopped dead in our tracks by eagle-eyed lawyers - because he's not rubbishy old Colin Bateman anymore, he's 'Bateman'. There's posh, eh? Here's hoping no one confuses him with this Bateman, or there'll be hell to pay. Meanwhile, we just can't resist sharing Arena's oldie-but-goodie verdict on Colin Bateman / 'Bateman': "If Roddy Doyle was as good as people say, he would probably write novels like this". Mee-ow, etc.
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Declan Burke has published a number of novels, the most recent of which is ABSOLUTE ZERO COOL. As a journalist and critic, he writes and broadcasts on books and film for a variety of media outlets, including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Examiner and the Sunday Independent. He has an unfortunate habit of speaking about himself in the third person. All views expressed here are his own and are very likely to be contrary.
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