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Adrian McKinty quotes: It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.

It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.

Adrian McKinty quotes: I don't know if that's a year's bad luck, or if that's how it works. But stealing a Christmas tree - that can't be a good thing, karma-wise.

I don't know if that's a year's bad luck, or if that's how it works. But stealing a Christmas tree - that can't be a good thing, karma-wise.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?

Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?

Adrian McKinty quotes: Intelligence is no substitute for wisdom. Live long enough to get wise, eh?

Intelligence is no substitute for wisdom. Live long enough to get wise, eh?

Adrian McKinty quotes: You ever read Thucydides? I'll boil him down for you into one easy moral: intergenerational civil war is a very bad thing.

You ever read Thucydides? I'll boil him down for you into one easy moral: intergenerational civil war is a very bad thing.

Adrian McKinty quotes: The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket.

The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Greek mythology has always been my Achilles elbow.

Greek mythology has always been my Achilles elbow.

Adrian McKinty quotes: A bullet in the head will fix an incipient asthma attack every time.

A bullet in the head will fix an incipient asthma attack every time.

Adrian McKinty quotes: But this was Northern Ireland in 1981 which was slightly less conservative than, say, Salem in 1692

But this was Northern Ireland in 1981 which was slightly less conservative than, say, Salem in 1692

Adrian McKinty quotes: I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army.

I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat.

Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat.

Adrian McKinty quotes: We were living in Denver, Colorado, and I was teaching high school. I asked the kids to write a short story, so I thought I should write some myself.

We were living in Denver, Colorado, and I was teaching high school. I asked the kids to write a short story, so I thought I should write some myself.

Adrian McKinty quotes: When a locked-room mystery doesn't work, the solution makes you groan, and the book gets hurled across the room.

When a locked-room mystery doesn't work, the solution makes you groan, and the book gets hurled across the room.

Adrian McKinty quotes: 'The Man in the High Castle' is still the best what-if-the-Axis-had-won novel.

'The Man in the High Castle' is still the best what-if-the-Axis-had-won novel.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Revenge is the foolish stepbrother of justice.

Revenge is the foolish stepbrother of justice.

Adrian McKinty quotes: More guilt, guilt, guilt. That's the Irish condition.

More guilt, guilt, guilt. That's the Irish condition.

Adrian McKinty quotes: How do you feel about homosexuals, Mr. Scavanni?' I asked. 'I think they're great. More women for the rest of us,' he said sarcastically.

How do you feel about homosexuals, Mr. Scavanni?' I asked.
'I think they're great. More women for the rest of us,' he said sarcastically.

Adrian McKinty quotes: I've never been a believer in the word-count thing. I write slowly and tinker with the words and the word order, and I throw a lot of stuff out.

I've never been a believer in the word-count thing. I write slowly and tinker with the words and the word order, and I throw a lot of stuff out.

Adrian McKinty quotes: I studied law at Warwick University, then philosophy at Oxford. I met my wife Leah there. She is American, so I followed her to New York.

I studied law at Warwick University, then philosophy at Oxford. I met my wife Leah there. She is American, so I followed her to New York.

Adrian McKinty quotes: He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

Adrian McKinty quotes: When we moved to Australia in 2008, I decided to try to live off the writing.

When we moved to Australia in 2008, I decided to try to live off the writing.

Adrian McKinty quotes: A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators.

A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators.

Adrian McKinty quotes: We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.

We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee

Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee

Adrian McKinty quotes: Forget him, he's just another red-shirted extra making a cameo appearance in our lives.

Forget him, he's just another red-shirted extra making a cameo appearance in our lives.

Adrian McKinty quotes: If you haven't read 'In The Morning I'll Be Gone', I reckon it's a pretty good place to start if you're new to me and my books.

If you haven't read 'In The Morning I'll Be Gone', I reckon it's a pretty good place to start if you're new to me and my books.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists.

Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists.

Adrian McKinty quotes: After secondary school, the big thing to do was apply for uni in England or Scotland and then just stay there.

After secondary school, the big thing to do was apply for uni in England or Scotland and then just stay there.

Adrian McKinty quotes: People in the North are really taciturn and reticent, and they don't really like to talk about the past.

People in the North are really taciturn and reticent, and they don't really like to talk about the past.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Twelve-year-old Islay. Good stuff if you liked peat, smoke, earth, rain, despair, and the Atlantic Ocean, and who doesn't like that?

Twelve-year-old Islay. Good stuff if you liked peat, smoke, earth, rain, despair, and the Atlantic Ocean, and who doesn't like that?

Adrian McKinty quotes: I had a few stories and longer pieces published, but my first proper novel came in 2003, called 'Dead I Well May Be.'

I had a few stories and longer pieces published, but my first proper novel came in 2003, called 'Dead I Well May Be.'

Adrian McKinty quotes: I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.

I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.

Adrian McKinty quotes: You're a glass-half-empty kind of guy, sir, aren't you?""I don't even acknowledge the existence of the glass, son.

You're a glass-half-empty kind of guy, sir, aren't you?"
"I don't even acknowledge the existence of the glass, son.

Adrian McKinty quotes: The winters in Denver are brutal; it snows from the end of October to April.

The winters in Denver are brutal; it snows from the end of October to April.

Adrian McKinty quotes: I think if you grow up in a culture where the army is out on the street sighting you with rifles, it has to have some kind of psychological impact.

I think if you grow up in a culture where the army is out on the street sighting you with rifles, it has to have some kind of psychological impact.

Adrian McKinty quotes: Don't worry, Duffy. I like you. We'll kill you last.

Don't worry, Duffy. I like you. We'll kill you last.