![]() ![]() Scottish crime writer Tony Black, for example, is the author of four novels featuring punch drunk, booze addled Gus Dury, an ex-journalist turned reluctant Private Investigator whose shoulder has more chips than Harry Ramsden. In the last few years, more and more BRIT GRIT writers have been creeping out of the woodwork, through the cracks in the pavement, out of the dark and dingy alleyways. ![]() Ken Bruen deserves a mention even though he’s Irish, not British, but his influence is strong. The next wave features Jake Arnott, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. The Godfathers of the new Brit Grit must be Ted Lewis, Derek Raymond and Mark Timlin. ![]() A new wave of Brit Grit writers are leaving their blood-stained footprints across this septic isle. Kitchen-sink noir petty-thief-louts lives of quite desperation sharp, blood-stained slices of life booze-sodden brawls from the bottom of the barrel and comedy that’s as black as it’s bitter-this is BRIT GRIT!Īmerica may well be the official home of pulp and noir but the United Kingdom, long perceived as the land of Dame Agatha style cozies and stuck-up, Latin-quoting police detectives, also has a grubby underbelly which has produced plenty of gritty crime writing. The Brit Grit mob is coming to kick down your door with hobnailed boots. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |