“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

Monday, July 2, 2007

Watership Downer

Interview and / or Sam Millar junkies are advised to plug into Eileen Walsh’s chit-chat with Sam in the latest edition of Verbal, although it’s the rather quirky review of The Darkness of Bones running alongside that caught our eye, to wit:
“I used to love rabbits. Until I read Sam Millar’s latest book The Darkness Of Bones. Seeing little bunnies, and there are plenty of them around at this time of year, now conjures up my worst nightmares. Spring will never be the same again … Loosely based on the Kincora scandal that rocked Northern Ireland in the ’80s, Millar’s novel makes for uneasy reading … This is a deeply chilling tale. Hopefully this book won’t find its way into the travel section of your local bookshop, or Belfast tourism may become a thing of the past.”
Sam? Leave the bunnies alone or we’ll send Woundwort around. You have been warned.

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