Adrian McKinty on James Elory's work

[Michael Haskins]

One of my favorite blogs is Declan Burke’s www.crimealwayspays.blogspot.com. As if there are not enough American mystery writers, my library is now beginning to hold Irish mystery writers, because of Declan.

Irish writer Adrian McKinty now lives in Colorado and even taught at one of the state’s universities. He has an interesting guest blog on crimealwayspays that deals with James Elroy’s work.

McKinty, no slouch himself, with his “Dead Trilogy,” The Dead Yard, Dead I Well May Be and The Bloomsday Dead (the last being written to honor James Joyce and his book Ulysses and like Joyce’s novel, it takes place on June 16, for 24-hours) along with a stand alone, Hidden River.

McKinty is well worth reading and when Dec’s Eightball Boogie and the Big O are published here in the states within the next few months, they too are worth reading. Or, I guess, you can do like I did and order them through his website and be the first in America to discover this talented writer.Check out Dec's crimespace page.

Back to McKinty, his blog has an interesting take on Elroy’s work and I thought you might enjoy what McKinty said and why he said it.

Enjoy the site.