“ With gas cookers and chip pans in every kitchen, the chip-pan fire was by far the most popular method these Proddies had for burning their houses down. The second technique was the ever popular chimne… Adrian McKinty
“ The riot had taken on a beauty of its own now. Arcs of gasoline fire under the crescent moon. Crimson tracer in mystical parabolas. Phosphorescence from the barrels of plastic bullet guns. A distant y… Adrian McKinty
“ A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators. Adrian McKinty
“ Ireland in shades of black and green under the gibbous moon. Ireland under the canopy of grey cloud, under the crow's wing and the helicopter blade. A night ride over the Lagan valley and the bandit c… Adrian McKinty
“ A cocked .38 doesn't feel the same as an unprimed revolver. The frame tightens differently, the trigger is on a hair and this tension is communicated to you and the people around you. Adrian McKinty
“ I think the poetry that came out of Belfast, and especially the Queen's University set, in the 1970s and '80s - you know, Paul Muldoon and Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Ciaran Carson - that was proba… Adrian McKinty
“ I had gone to New York with no plan at all. I did a lot of jobs - barman, teacher, security guard, postman and construction worker - and I was meeting many eccentric characters, and they were saying f… Adrian McKinty
“ But this was Northern Ireland in 1981 which was slightly less conservative than, say, Salem in 1692 Adrian McKinty
“ 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
“ What’s news? She put the magazine down and looked at me. Philip K. Dick is dead. Who’s that? I asked. Adrian McKinty
“ If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has trai… Adrian McKinty
“ The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket. Adrian McKinty
“ Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of? Adrian McKinty
