BOTM: Alan Glynn's 'The Paradime'

Our May 2016 Book of the Month: The Paradime.

Author profile: Alan Glynn

Alan Glynn's first novel, The Dark Fields (2001), was filmed as Limitless starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro.

This was followed by his loose "Land" trilogy of fast-paced crime thrillers, Winterland (2009),  Bloodland (2011) and Graveland (2013).

Set at the end of the Celtic Tiger boom, Winterland received rave reviews from writers such as John Connolly, Val McDermid, RJ Ellroy, Ken Bruen and George Pelecanos.

Two men from the same family, die on the same night. One is Noel Rafferty a small-time drug dealer, and it seems to be a gangland murder. The other is his uncle, also called Noel Rafferty, in what seems to be a road accident. 

The official version of events is that it was a coincidence, but then a family member, the feisty Gina Rafferty, starts asking questions. Into the mix are shady developers and corrupt politicians in a Dublin just before the economic crash.

Glynn was born in Drumcondra and studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin. He worked in magazine publishing in New York and as an English teacher in Italy, but now lives back in Dublin, in Terenure.

Official author website: Alanglynnbooks.com

Author on Twitter: @alanglynnbooks

See also: review of Winterland at Mystery Scene

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Alan Glynn's 'Paradime' to become TV series?

Irish author Alan Glynn's new doppelganger novel Paradime could be heading to TV.  ITV Studios America has bought the rights to the conspiracy thriller.

Our crime fiction books and shows of 2016

2016 was another bumper year for Irish crime fiction, from a wide range of newcomers to the latest offerings by the likes of Tana French and Adrian McKinty. It also saw the publication of Trouble Is Our Business, a terrific anthology of short stories edited by Declan Burke. Here are our picks of the year.

Raymond Chandler's Waterford connections

Irish crime writers Alan Glynn and Declan Hughes will take part in a commemoration of Raymond Chandler's Waterford connections at the city's annual Imagine Arts Festival this October.

Crime fiction writers at Tallaght book festival

The Red Line Book Festival and New Island Books are hosting an evening of crime writing on October 12th in Tallaght, featuring four leading Irish crime authors.

Declan Burke will chair the event at the Civic Theatre at 8 pm with Alan Glynn, Declan Hughes and Alex Barclay. They will discuss the crime-writing process, gripping plots and characters, and Irish crime fiction past and present.

New crime anthology 'Trouble Is Our Business'

Trouble Is Our Business, a new anthology of short stories by leading Irish crime writers, will be published by New Island Books this September.

Panels to die for at Bristol's Crimefest

The Irish contingent off to Bristol for this May's Crimefest will include authors Claire McGowan, Alan Glynn,  Ruth Dudley Edwards and the Karen Perry writing duo Karen Gillece and Paul Perry.

'Consuming Crime' at University of Limerick

"Consuming Crime" is a major academic conference on crime fiction at the University of Limerick on 26-27 June 2015.

A session on "Irish Crime and the Celtic Tiger" features papers on greed and corruption in Alan Glynn’s Winterland; Tana French and the crime novel in the wake of Eurozone consumerism; and "(Post-) Celtic Tiger Dublin in Recent Irish Crime Fiction".