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Old 20th May 2008, 11:02pm  
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An interview with Christopher Brookmyre

Jobbies, Nine Inch Nails, reality TV, hoovering and Hollywood – Christopher Brookmyre, one of Scotland’s premier crime fiction authors, speaks to Alternative Nation.


Alternative Nation: Swearing features quite heavily in your writing: can you tell us your favourite swearword and why?


Christopher Brookmyre: I don’t know if I could even call it a swearword, but I’d have to go with the word jobby. There’s something quite intrinsically funny about it in any circumstance; even just onomatopoeically speaking it is a funny sounding word.

AN: How did you get started writing?

CB: Having worked in newspapers people think that there’s some kind of progression, but there really wasn’t. I wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember… since I was about six-years old. In fact, when I worked in newspapers I worked as a sub-editor and wasn’t even doing any writing – I was only ever interested in writing fiction. I was...

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Old 21st May 2008, 4:28pm  
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Re: An interview with Christopher Brookmyre

i dont get why you thought he was a prick either?

mark you trying to be controversial and incite an AN riot, brookmyre fans Vs Plebians?

Haven't tried his books out, but the interview was a good read, and if i see his books when im out and about ill prob pick one up.
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Old 21st May 2008, 5:27pm  
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brookmyre fans Vs Plebians?
Brookmyre seems to write specifically FOR plebs. It's lowest common denomenator crap.
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Re: An interview with Christopher Brookmyre

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From the first line to the last, a bit of a prick.


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Speaking of knowing what folk are going to post...

So how's he a prick then?
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Old 21st May 2008, 9:58pm  
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Not the same thing.
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Old 22nd May 2008, 3:40pm  
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He's a dirty Skunk anyway
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Re: An interview with Christopher Brookmyre

I don't think Christopher Brookmyre knows what onomatopoeia means.
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Re: An interview with Christopher Brookmyre

Or he needs to see a doctor.

that's that "abscess makes the fart go 'Honda' " joke i guess
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I don't think Christopher Brookmyre knows what onomatopoeia means.
It certainly doesn't appear so.
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