There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.
Tony Black is the Tom Waits of Crime Fiction, yes, that good.
There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.
Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.
The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.
And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.
The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned. . . . . . . . THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.
Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.
No one has ever thought this: Now that I'm out of therapy and have fixed my mental problems, I think I want to be a ventriloquist.
It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U. S and around the world.
That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.