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?
Donna Moore’s OLD DOGS. A sweary Ealing comedy.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Matt Helm.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Well I did enjoy THE DA VINCI CODE, but I don’t feel guilty about that. Ian McEwan - he makes me feel all sensible, which is never a good thing.
Most satisfying writing moment?
Any time someone ‘gets’ what I do! Working on the edit of a story with Anne Frasier gave me a real ego boost, mind you.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
Adrian McKinty’s Michael Forsythe Trilogy would be great in Paul Greengrass’s hands.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Worst: It doesn’t pay well. Best: it beats working.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Battered bodies and battered Mars Bars.
Who are you reading right now?
I’ve just finished Danny Bowman’s cracking The Windowlicker Maker. Today, I’ll be catching up on stories at BEAT TO A PULP.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Write, because then I wouldn’t know how crap my stuff is.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Ad hoc, slapdash, twoddle.
PD Brazill writes the serial WARSAW MOON. His pic was taken by Kasia Martell.
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