SM: The new Rebus from Ian Rankin - A Song for the Dark Times. It’s really good. I particularly like these later Rebus books.
TPQ: Best and worst books you have ever read?
SM: Aww I wouldn’t want to say the worst! I couldn’t do it haha. The best is very hard. Probably be something like The Last Goodbye by Raymond Chandler or something by Richard Stark or Lawrence Block.
TPQ: Book most cherished as a child?
SM: I really loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs.
TPQ: Favourite Childhood author?
SM: I was a big fan of the solve-it-yourself Mystery Squad books by Martin Waddell.
TPQ: First book to really own you?
SM: I remember getting a real connection with Iain Banks novels - books like Espedair Street. And The Trial by Kafka. I think The Friends of Eddie Coyle helped get me into crime.
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TPQ: Favourite male and female author?
SM: Very difficult but will probably go for Lawrence Block and Patricia Highsmith.
TPQ: A preference for fact or fiction?
SM: More fiction, but every few months I’ll have a non-fiction book on the go too.
TPQ: Biography, autobiography or memoir that most impressed you?
SM: I recently read Mark Lanegan’s autobiography. Harrowing, heavy stuff. But it was so honest too.
TPQ: Any author or book you point blank refuse to read?
SM: Not that I can think of.
TPQ: A book to share with somebody so that they would more fully understand you?
SM: That’s a head scratcher! I’ll go for one of my own. All authors reveal themselves more than they mean to!
TPQ: Last book you gave as a present?
SM: Haylen Beck’s (Stuart Neville) Here and Gone. It’s an absolutely terrific thriller.
TPQ: Book you would most like to see turned into a movie?
SM: Have to say one of mine like! Haha. Seriously though I’d love to see a properly good movie version of one of Richard Stark’s Parker books.
TPQ: The just must - select one book you simply have to read before you close the final page on life.
SM: I don’t know - there’s too many - my TBR pile is already crazy!
⏩ Simon Maltman is a crime fiction writer.
SM: Haylen Beck’s (Stuart Neville) Here and Gone. It’s an absolutely terrific thriller.
TPQ: Book you would most like to see turned into a movie?
SM: Have to say one of mine like! Haha. Seriously though I’d love to see a properly good movie version of one of Richard Stark’s Parker books.
TPQ: The just must - select one book you simply have to read before you close the final page on life.
SM: I don’t know - there’s too many - my TBR pile is already crazy!
⏩ Simon Maltman is a crime fiction writer.
Excellent answers, I would recomend The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressel.
ReplyDeleteMark Lanegan's memoirs are well worth a read.
ReplyDeleteRead The Twelve by Neville. Can't say I was impressed with it but I would be interested on this recommendation in reading Here And Gone. I am also tempted by the Rebus ones - loved the television ones featuring Rebus.
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