“Declan Burke is his own genre. The Lammisters dazzles, beguiles and transcends. Virtuoso from start to finish.” – Eoin McNamee “This bourbon-smooth riot of jazz-age excess, high satire and Wodehouse flamboyance is a pitch-perfect bullseye of comic brilliance.” – Irish Independent Books of the Year 2019 “This rapid-fire novel deserves a place on any bookshelf that grants asylum to PG Wodehouse, Flann O’Brien or Kyril Bonfiglioli.” – Eoin Colfer, Guardian Best Books of the Year 2019 “The funniest book of the year.” – Sunday Independent “Declan Burke is one funny bastard. The Lammisters ... conducts a forensic analysis on the anatomy of a story.” – Liz Nugent “Burke’s exuberant prose takes centre stage … He plays with language like a jazz soloist stretching the boundaries of musical theory.” – Totally Dublin “A mega-meta smorgasbord of inventive language ... linguistic verve not just on every page but every line.Irish Times “Above all, The Lammisters gives the impression of a writer enjoying himself. And so, dear reader, should you.” – Sunday Times “A triumph of absurdity, which burlesques the literary canon from Shakespeare, Pope and Austen to Flann O’Brien … The Lammisters is very clever indeed.” – The Guardian

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

"Some Je Ne Se Quoi With That, Madam?" Tana French Goes Global

Hodder Headline are all a-swirl with excitement that erstwhile actress Tana French's (left) Into the Woods has now sold into 13 territories, although they're probably nowhere near as delirah-'n'-exirah with the rather mixed readers' reviews it's been getting, particularly when it comes to the ending. What's wrong, people? Never heard of an ambiguous denouement before? Bloody ingrates, etc. Tap-dance over here to see and hear Tana do her 'exquisitely gorgeous actress/author' thingymagummy ... yep, we think she looks a lot like how a young Jamie Lee Curtis might with a gun to her head too.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I didn't get past page 50. I've never read anything quite so up its own arse.