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?
Georges Simenon, THE MAN WHO WATCHED TRAINS GO BY.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Bartleby the Scrivener.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
The Bible.
Most satisfying writing moment?
There are no satisfying writing moments.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
Flann O’Brien, AT-SWIM-TWO-BIRDS.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
See above.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
It’s all good.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Currently under inspection.
Who are you reading right now?
Stefan Zweig.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
I refuse to do business with terrorists.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Oi va voi.
Ian Sansom’s THE BAD BOOK AFFAIR is published by Fourth Estate.
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