| | | | In 1998 John Connolly won the largest advance ever paid to an Irish writer (£1.3m) yet he doesn’t write about Ireland or the Irish and his grisly crime novels are set in Maine, USA.
It is timely to screen a documentary about Connolly since, with 12 novels under his belt, he is a writer in full command of his genre and is already branching out beyond the crime novel into fantasy fiction with his recent works The Book of Lost Things and The Gates.
Shot in Dublin, Maine, Baltimore and Washington, John Connolly: Of Blood and Lost Things traces Connolly’s literary trajectory from Irish Times freelancer to publishing superstardom on the sale of his first novel, Every Dead Thing, which launched his flawed protagonist, P.I., Charlie (Bird) Parker.
Featuring dramatised readings from his work John Connolly: Of Blood and Lost Things examines the sense of place and atmosphere in Connolly’s work but also includes a biographical narrative of his Dublin childhood and journey toward becoming a writer. The documentary features interviews with iconic American crime writers George Pelecanos and David Simon, creator of TV’s The Wire.
After the screening, John Connolly will talk and take questions about his work. | | | | | |
