Monday, July 2, 2007

Watership Downer

Interview and / or Sam Millar junkies are advised to plug into Eileen Walsh’s chit-chat with Sam in the latest edition of Verbal, although it’s the rather quirky review of The Darkness of Bones running alongside that caught our eye, to wit:
“I used to love rabbits. Until I read Sam Millar’s latest book The Darkness Of Bones. Seeing little bunnies, and there are plenty of them around at this time of year, now conjures up my worst nightmares. Spring will never be the same again … Loosely based on the Kincora scandal that rocked Northern Ireland in the ’80s, Millar’s novel makes for uneasy reading … This is a deeply chilling tale. Hopefully this book won’t find its way into the travel section of your local bookshop, or Belfast tourism may become a thing of the past.”
Sam? Leave the bunnies alone or we’ll send Woundwort around. You have been warned.

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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.