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Tales From The Mall: After Hours
It was a huge thrill to appear on the podcast ‘Tales from the Mall: After Hours’ with host Brendan McCauley and author Andrew Miller (look out for his forthcoming novel Namaste Mart Confidential). In...
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Highbrow Lowbrow: Christmas Special
Happy Holidays to all of our readers and listeners! For Highbrow Lowbrow, my podcast co-host Dan Slattery and I have picked two memorable Christmas-themed films. My highbrow choice is Kings and...
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Flickering Capers – Donald Westlake on Film
Donald Westlake was one of the most prolific and profound writers of crime fiction in the twentieth century, and a new book by Andy Rohmer provides a comprehensive, highly readable and very...
View ArticleEllroy Reads – Compulsion by Meyer Levin
You may recall I recently started a vodcast. I’ve decided to call it ‘Ellroy Reads’. I’ll be talking about books that were hugely influential on James Ellroy. Here’s the link to the first episode on...
View ArticleEllroy Reads – Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger
For the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger, which Ellroy has described as the ‘ultimate evil woman novel’. I talk a little bit about how Krassy Almauniski...
View ArticleEllroy Reads – The Digger’s Game by George V. Higgins
In the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at The Digger’s Game by George V. Higgins. I argue that Higgins’ Boston noir dialogue-driven narratives have been a major influence on Ellroy’s writing...
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Highbrow Lowbrow: Martin Scorsese Edition
The latest episode of Highbrow Lowbrow takes a look at the work of one of the greatest film directors of all time – Martin Scorsese. My pick is The Age of Innocence. Scorsese’s sumptuous adaptation of...
View ArticleEllroy Reads – TRUE CONFESSIONS by John Gregory Dunne
In the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at the original bestselling Black Dahlia novel True Confessions by John Gregory Dunne. This novel was hugely influential on James Ellroy, even if some of...
View ArticleEllroy Reads – FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
In the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at James Jones’s classic novel From Here to Eternity. I describe how Ellroy discovered the novel at a very young age, and its influence as literary fiction...
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Highbrow Lowbrow: Comedy Special
The latest episode of Highbrow Lowbrow is a comedy special. My pick is Peter Bogdanovich’s hilarious adaptation of Michael Frayn’s classic stage farce Noises Off. My podcast co-host Dan’s choice is...
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