An eclectic chap, that Eoin McNamee: when he's not writing spy-vs-spy potboilers as John Creed, or children's fiction in a fantasy vein, he's knocking out the occasional top-class crime thriller, such as Resurrection Man, The Blue Tango and The Ultras. So it's entirely appropriate that his next novel, due in June, is 12:23: Paris. 31st August 1997 - a date that may or may not ring a bell with fans of the former Queen of All Our Achy-Breaky Hearts, aka Diana, the Princess of Wails, sorry, Wales. "Utterly compelling, McNamee's dramatising of the conspiracies and the obsessions around the tragic events of that night is brilliant and, as ever, poetic," says David Peace. Which is nice ...
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Goodbye, Queen Of Hearts ... Hello Eoin McNamee!
An eclectic chap, that Eoin McNamee: when he's not writing spy-vs-spy potboilers as John Creed, or children's fiction in a fantasy vein, he's knocking out the occasional top-class crime thriller, such as Resurrection Man, The Blue Tango and The Ultras. So it's entirely appropriate that his next novel, due in June, is 12:23: Paris. 31st August 1997 - a date that may or may not ring a bell with fans of the former Queen of All Our Achy-Breaky Hearts, aka Diana, the Princess of Wails, sorry, Wales. "Utterly compelling, McNamee's dramatising of the conspiracies and the obsessions around the tragic events of that night is brilliant and, as ever, poetic," says David Peace. Which is nice ...
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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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