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Final Page: 12 Angry Gobshites
December 2, 2009 – 11:44 pm | 12 Comments
Final Page: 12 Angry Gobshites

In the latest instalment of my ‘Final Page’ series (see previous instalments here), I now present the last page of my courtroom drama ‘12 Angry Gobshites’.

Ambush in Saigon (continued)
October 1, 2009 – 5:06 am | 15 Comments
Ambush in Saigon (continued)

I now present the final page of my war novel ‘Ambush in Saigon’ (read its first page here). In 1986, The Irish Times branded the book “…historically inaccurate on a Sergeant Bilko scale.”

Final Page: Ambush in Saigon
September 30, 2009 – 4:21 am | 25 Comments
Final Page: Ambush in Saigon

In a delicious twist on my ‘Final Page’ series (see previous instalments here), I now present the first page of my war novel ‘Ambush in Saigon’, with the final page to follow tomorrow.

Final Page: The Bloodening
September 17, 2009 – 6:06 am | 25 Comments
Final Page: The Bloodening

In the second instalment (see previous instalments here) of my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the last page of my horror novel ‘The Bloodening’.

Final Page: Sense and Prejudicability
August 13, 2009 – 2:47 am | 26 Comments
Final Page: Sense and Prejudicability

In the fourth instalment (see previous instalments here) of my ‘Final Page’ series, I now present the last page of my period drama ‘Sense and Prejudicability’. First published in 1992, my agent Diane begged me …

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, …

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 …