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Wed 05 May 2010Prime suspects? The children of Lir
A new crime book based on Irish myths and legends shows that the two genres are natural bedfellows, writes DECLAN BURKE
STAR-CROSSED lovers on the lam. It could be Red and Mumsiein Geoffrey Homes’ Build My Gallows High;Doc and Carol in Jim Thompson’s The Getaway, maybe Bowie and Keechie in Edward Anderson’s Thieves Like Us, or any number of classic noir tales.
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