Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes crime fiction hardboiled
I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army. Adrian McKinty armybritishday Change image and share on social
'The Man in the High Castle' was not the first alternative history novel, nor even the first Nazis-win-the-war novel, but it is still probably the most influential book in the genre. Adrian McKinty alternativebookcastle Change image and share on social
I had gone to New York with no plan at all. I did a lot of jobs - barman, teacher, security guard, postman and construction worker - and I was meeting many eccentric characters, and they were saying funny things, which I always wrote down. Adrian McKinty barmancharacterconstruction share on social
The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Gregory Corso basiscrimejudge Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in clipped sentences. To employ gritty metaphor in the introduction of sultry blondes... I can't do it, so why bother trying? Jesse Kellerman blondebotherclip share on social
