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Irish crime fiction, long present on international bestseller
lists, has been knocking on the door of the academy for a decade.
With a wide range of scholars addressing some of the most essential
Irish detective writing, Guilt Rules All confirms that this genre
has arrived. The essays collected here connect their immediate
subjects - contemporary Irish crime writers - to Irish culture,
literature, and history. Anchored in both canonical and emerging
themes, this collection draws on established Irish studies
discussions while emphasizing what is new and distinct about Irish
crime fiction. Guilt Rules All considers best-sellers like Adrian
McKinty and Liz Nugent, as well as other significant writers whose
work may fall outside of traditional notions of Irish literature or
crime fiction. The essays consider a range of themes - among them
globalization, women and violence, and the Troubles - across
settings and time frames, allowing readers to trace the patterns
that play a meaningful role in this developing genre.
FIGHT CARD MMA: WELCOME TO THE OCTAGON
Belfast 2013
Mickey The Rage Rafferty has gone through some tough times, but
he's not ready to tap-out just yet. The Belfast widower has to take
care of his eight-year-old daughter, Lily. However, his main talent
is fighting and the only way he can make enough money off it to
support his girl is to take dodgy underground matches paying off in
bloodstained cash. Mickey's trainer, Eddie Smith, doesn't approve.
He wants his most promising student to step into the cage as a real
martial artist, not as a fool for thugs and gangsters.
With Eddie on the verge of cutting him loose, Mickey is up against
the cage - crushed between fast cash and a legitimate career.
Mickey has some big decisions to make and some even bigger
opponents to face.
The MMA life can be harsh, and it's never easy ... Welcome To The
Octagon.
Praise for WEE ROCKETS
"Gerard Brennan stands apart from the Irish crime fiction crowd
with a novel rooted in the reality of today's Belfast. The author's
prose speaks with a rare authenticity about the pain of growing up
in a fractured society, shot through with a black humour that can
only come from the streets. Wee Rockets is urban crime fiction for
the 21st century, and Brennan is a unique voice among contemporary
Irish writers." - Stuart Neville
"In Wee Rockets Gerard Brennan has written a fast paced, exciting
story of West Belfast gang culture; brimming with violence,
authentic street dialogue and surprising black humour. This is a
great debut novel. Brennan takes us into the heart of Belfast's
chav underclass, in a story that lies somewhere in the intersection
between The Warriors, Colin Bateman and Guy Ritchie. This is the
first in what undoubtedly will be a stellar literary career." -
Adrian McKinty
"Brennan impressed me hugely with his debut novella The Point, and
Wee Rockets has cemented my opinion that he belongs among the top
rank of Northern Irish crime writers." - Loitering With Intent
"So assured and mature you'd think this was his eight or ninth
book, not one of his first." - Spinetingler Magazine
"This is a tremendous book and I urge you to read it." - I Meant
To Read That
Requiems for the Departed Irish Crime, Irish Myths. It has been
said before, that every story has already been told. Maybe so. But
if you've got the gift of the gab, you can tell the same tale as
often as you like and still give it a life of its own every time.
Requiems for the Departed flaunts that gift seventeen times over.
The children of Conchobar are back to their old mischievous ways;
ancient Celtic royalty and druids and banshees are set loose in the
new Irish underbelly. Requiems for the Departed contains seventeen
short stories, inspired by Irish mythology, from some of the finest
contemporary writers in the business.
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