“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

Colin Bateman: Taking Name-Dropping To A Whole New Level

Crikey. There we were, happily plugging Colin Bateman's upcomer I Predict A Riot, when we were stopped dead in our tracks by eagle-eyed lawyers - because he's not rubbishy old Colin Bateman anymore, he's 'Bateman'. There's posh, eh? Here's hoping no one confuses him with this Bateman, or there'll be hell to pay. Meanwhile, we just can't resist sharing Arena's oldie-but-goodie verdict on Colin Bateman / 'Bateman': "If Roddy Doyle was as good as people say, he would probably write novels like this". Mee-ow, etc.

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