Here’s a wonderful photo of me in the wildlands of Donegal being interviewed by French literary critic François Busnel for his TV show, Les Carnets de route de François Busnel. François has just spent the week travelling around Ireland interviewing Irish writers such as John Banville, Sebastian Barry and Edna O’Brien in the places that are key to their work. Next stop after this was Jennifer Johnston in Derry. Thrilled to be included in the programme.
With his debut book, Red Sky in Morning, Paul Lynch has made the transition from prolific film writer to novelist in spectacular fashion. Writing exclusively for the Easons.com Blog, he describes how he dreamed up his first novel.
Read it here
“A cracking debut novel. Paul Lynch’s startling, evocative prose veers closer to poetry…. This novel is a wonderful achievement” — Sunday Times
“A compulsive read that may well become one of the hits of the summer.… a combination of the poetic and the vicious. It unabashedly uses a 21st-century sensibility to subvert the conventions of the ‘historical’ novel” — Irish Times
“A novel of distinction” — Irish Independent
“A literary star is born…. Red Sky in Morning is an epic tale of murder, pursuit, and oppression… vividly drawn, beautifully written, and propulsive from the get-go. It’s a thumping good read — and a real heartbreaker” — Image magazine
“Lynch’s searingly dark lyricism is redolent of Cormac McCarthy at his most gothic… an arresting new voice in Irish fiction” — MetroHerald
“Muscular and opulent… the novel is ripe with spookily vivid writing. A very stylishly written book that takes the Irish novel into quite a different genre” — The Examiner