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Final Page: Vito Schillaci
July 16, 2009 – 1:44 am | 16 Comments
Final Page: Vito Schillaci

In the third instalment (see previous instalments here) of my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the last page of my Mafia novel ‘Vito Schillaci’. Though critical response was muted when first published in 1987, …

The Racist Friends Spin-off that Never Aired
July 13, 2009 – 11:56 pm | 17 Comments
The Racist Friends Spin-off that Never Aired

In 2003, writer and producer David Crane approached me to guest-write a one-off, racist episode of the multi-award winning sitcom Friends. Laughs were put on hiatus, and characters instead asked to negotiate a gritty, thought-provoking …

Final Page: Grizzled Justice
July 2, 2009 – 1:23 am | 17 Comments
Final Page: Grizzled Justice

 
In the second instalment (see the first here) of my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the last page of my crime novel ‘Grizzled Justice’. First published in 2003, it reinvented the buddy-cop genre by mismatching bickering …

Final Page: The Cattle Rustler and the Kid
June 22, 2009 – 12:03 am | 2 Comments
Final Page: The Cattle Rustler and the Kid

As a veteran of over sixty novels, nobody could quibble when I label myself Ireland’s greatest ever fiction writer. That’s about fifty-five books more than James Joyce, who nestles immediately below me in the pecking …

Is Me!
June 6, 2009 – 5:22 am | No Comment
Is Me!

Look!!! Is Me!! Yes!! Just next to Mehmet Ali Agca!
Here is my story, a bit. I am humble not very well known diminutive Spanish man born in Madrid, 1953. My father was notorious brave airman …

Waiter Art…
June 2, 2009 – 1:15 am | One Comment
Waiter Art…

by David Shrigley
from the book “Ants have sex in your beer”
Makes me chuckle every time!