I had wanted to write English crime novels based on the American hard-boiled style, and for the first two novels about Brixton, the critics didn't actually know I was Irish.
From Ken Bruen
We haven't had crime writers, and for a long time in the Republic, we didn't seem to have a crime problem as such.
Crime fiction is the new rock n' roll.
After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?
Jack Taylor was a private investigator in Galway, which seemed like madness. I used lots of Galway-isms, which seemed like madness, too.
Whenever dark things happen in my life, there is always some dark humour.
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