Adrian McKinty Quotes

• Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.

  Adrian McKinty

  Animal, Dna, Patterns

  Adrian McKinty (2016). “The Sean Duffy Collection”, p.278, Serpent's Tail

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

  Adrian McKinty

  Book, Past, Pockets

  Adrian McKinty (2016). “The Sean Duffy Collection”, p.216, Serpent's Tail

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• 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 chimney fire and number three had to be the drunken cigarette drop on the carpet. Mind you, why they'd be cooking chips at this hour was anyone's guess.

  Adrian McKinty

  Fire, Numbers, House

  Adrian McKinty (2012). “The Cold Cold Ground”, p.106, Profile Books

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

  Adrian McKinty

  Drawing, Australia, Novelists

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