“I told you I thought I could see the answer. You don’t want to give these cunts what they were after. Or turn them into the police. No, I see what you want. You want to fuck them up. Show them who the real hard man is. And you can dress it up however you like, because you like to pretend you’re the hero. Makes you feel better, right? But in the end, it comes down to one simple thing: you’re spoiling for a fight.”
—David Burns to J. McNee in The Good Son, ©2008 by Russel D. McLean
—David Burns to J. McNee in The Good Son, ©2008 by Russel D. McLean
4 comments:
Kieran,
I've been a fan of his short stories for a while now, but hadn't read THE GOOD SON until Steven Torres sent me a copy. It's sure to end up on my "best reads of '09" list come December.
BTW, I thought of you the other day when there was an ad for Big G's on the Bangor TV station.
Kieran
Fuckin' A... hope you've been gaving a grand time since last I saw you in B'More.
Patrick
Absolutely brilliant that you enjoyed this one. And even better you chose to immortalise Burns - who is a blast to write. Good to see an American perspective, too, given Thomas Dunne'll be putting this sucker out there later on this year. And even if something trumps it on the list (a long way to go yet and what look like some killer books coming this year: Tony Black's latest just blew me away) that the thought was there to put it on brings a smile to my face.
Cheers,
Russel
Glad to hear that THE GOOD SON is coming out over here. It deserves a wide audience.
There's an ARC of Tony's latest sitting on my desk. I plan to spend this Sunday doing nothing but being GUTTED.
Yup, after THE GOOD SON, comes LOST SISTER which I'm working on edits for at the moment. Thomas Dunne have that one, too.
GUTTED is brilliant - - Tony Black is shaping up to be the real deal, as far as I am concerned: GUTTED confirms that big time.
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