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A Selection from Declan Burke
Published: 07/07/11
Paperback Shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award for 2011. Absolute Zero Cool is a post-modern take on the crime thriller genre. Adrift in the half-life limbo of an unpublished novel, hospital porter Billy needs to up the stakes. Euthanasia simply isn’t shocking anymore; would blowing up his hospital be enough to see Billy published, or be damned? What follows is a gripping tale that subverts the crime genre’s grand tradition of liberal... (more info) Temporarily out of Stock - Usually despatched in 1-2 weeks
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Published: 03/06/11
Paperback Down These Green Streets : Irish Crime Writing in the Twenty-First Centuryby Declan BurkeThis is a wonderfully detailed collection of essays, interview and short fiction. The contributors list includes a number of distinguished and internationally renowned crime writers, such as John Connolly, Tana French, John Banville and Alex Barclay, featuring rare and unpublished pieces. Is crime fiction now the most relevant and valid form of writing to deal with Modern Ireland in terms of the post-‘Troubles’ landscape and the post-Celtic Tiger economic boom? As the first book written on this... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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