tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post1675323644360292002..comments2024-03-26T12:13:53.988-07:00Comments on Criminal-E: Declan Burke interview: Eightball BoogieAllan Guthriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02180691451683542466noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-18135744401877121662011-04-03T09:56:00.541-07:002011-04-03T09:56:00.541-07:00McCoy's influence does tend to get glossed ove...McCoy's influence does tend to get glossed over. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? is another classic and highly influential too. KISS TOMORROW is proto-Jim Thompson, hell of a book. Another massively influential writer from the early years is W R Burnett. He pretty much created the gangster novel with LITTLE CAESAR and created the blueprint for heist novels with THE ASPHALT JUNGLE.Allan Guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180691451683542466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-82284573031702002062011-04-03T09:10:38.562-07:002011-04-03T09:10:38.562-07:00Great interview. And at least one line gave my cur...Great interview. And at least one line gave my current WIP a jolt it had been needing. Thanks.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-80939940434762053422011-04-03T03:39:26.188-07:002011-04-03T03:39:26.188-07:00Much obliged, chaps.
Tony, the 8-ball is yours o...Much obliged, chaps. <br /><br />Tony, the 8-ball is yours over a pint of the black. Horace McCoy - and esp. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - is hugely underrated in terms of his influence. <br /><br />Ruby - If I ever wrote a book half as good as The Magus, I'd happily hang up the quill. <br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-13211232862550833612011-04-02T11:38:48.074-07:002011-04-02T11:38:48.074-07:00That's interesting. I think it was The Magus t...That's interesting. I think it was The Magus that first opened my eyes to what a novel could be.@Ruby_Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136530922804444637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-38522692501507953472011-04-01T12:22:16.250-07:002011-04-01T12:22:16.250-07:00Looking forward to that freebie copy of 8-ball, De...Looking forward to that freebie copy of 8-ball, Dec ... and a nice shout-out there for Horace McCoy, all too rarely mentioned these days but a great writer.Tony Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508766730696664975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-84018090771650320092011-04-01T11:28:19.100-07:002011-04-01T11:28:19.100-07:00Excellent interview guys!Excellent interview guys!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-72753344099532001142011-04-01T05:09:48.592-07:002011-04-01T05:09:48.592-07:00Well done. Dec has a tendency to be a bit self-dep...Well done. Dec has a tendency to be a bit self-deprecating in his blog, and Allan's questions kept him on honest. Or, having read some of Allan's work, maybe it was the fear of a good arse-kicking.<br /><br />Either way, this is good work.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982018612399644979.post-12049858809229639292011-04-01T03:22:44.045-07:002011-04-01T03:22:44.045-07:00Ah yes, of course it went up on April Fool's D...Ah yes, of course it went up on April Fool's Day. Now it all starts to make sense ...<br /><br />Much obliged for the opportunity, squire. <br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.com