15 June 2007

Borderlands is shortlisted

According to the Grumpy Old Bookman: Further to the former, "Brian McGilloway's Borderlands has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers Association New Blood Fiction Dagger. It is a Macmillan New Writing publication."

And so it should have been. It is a wonderful novel, in my opinion. My review is here, on Euro Crime. If you've never read any crime fiction before, this would be an excellent introduction to the genre. It's short, and epitomises many of the reasons why people find it a strangely compelling area in which to delve, or dabble.

15 Jun 2007 21:21:26 | Books

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