Adrian McKinty Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Adrian McKinty

its the 50th anniversary of Charles Bukowski's Post Office alas, you don't really see this kind of blue collar novel any more as the arts are increasingly dominated by upper middle class people who all have the same boring life experiences its a shame https://t.co/0WkvKoZTOl

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my review of the new Dennis Lehane, novel, SMALL MERCIES in the SMH https://t.co/3U9kWfPn3R

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if you've begun watching the new Jack Reacher series on Amazon you might be interested in this interview I did w Lee Child a couple of years ago where he talks about how it all got started... https://t.co/lW7Jjq8o5Z

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speaking of single location murder mysteries... it's Umberto Eco's birthday today and although he wrote in many diff genres I still think The Name of the Rose is his masterpiece its many things ofc, but what drives the plot is a taut, exciting, clever, medieval whodunit 👍

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& speaking of history on the rec of @cheo_coker I read IT WAS ALL A DREAM: BIGGIE AND THE WORLD THAT MADE HIM by @JustinTinsley the fascinating story of Biggie's universe & a rich, complicated life lived in a few brief years 👍 https://t.co/H6NBjtfMTS

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vacation read & its an odd one The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad & Ford Madox Ford w the success of HG Wells I guess they were all trying s/f back then EM Forster did it brilliantly w The Machine Stops, this is less successful https://t.co/GwS5ImG4si

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I love the essays of Christopher Hitchens but he said something really silly once about writing: "don't write for now, write for posterity" I think you should write for now cos who knows what those eejits in the future are going to say about any of us? https://t.co/6F3fFDHHCZ

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@lucyatkins William Trevor's short stories might work...

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v much looking forward to the new @donwinslow novel City of Dreams out this week Winslow is one of the giants of epic American crime writing up there w Lehane, Ellroy, Cosby, Abbott, Flynn et al book 1 of this trilogy City on Fire was peak Winslow at the v top of his game https://t.co/ZXDlk8Xb2k

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2 of the best thrillers I've read this summer are both written by Steves & reviewed in this morning's Express DEVILS ADVOCATE by @SSCav & BILLY SUMMERS by @StephenKing We're launching the BRILLIANT Devils Advocate @NOALIBISBOOKS on Aug 5: tickets: https://t.co/F3ADvsyDV7 https://t.co/kmmfkaO1TY