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Critical Mick
Reviews Free of Rules.
Reviews by the Clown that All Other Critics Want to Strangle with a Black Turtleneck
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What's the big idea?Mick Halpin offends snooty critics by offering reviews that non-intellectuals will groove to. UNRULY REVIEWS. The rules of proper diction can bite my ass.
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What Masters of Fine Arts Degree Does This Mick Have? And How Many Academic Publications? Does He Even Know The Meaning of the Term "Affective Fallacy"?Mick don't even own a black turtleneck. He's an Average Joe, but a big reader. Amateur fiction a speciality, Mick's volunteered more than one thousand crits on Critters,  and  . People have always told Mick he's crazy. And to shut the (*&% up.
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And Does This Critical Mick's Reading Have Focus?Mainly Irish fiction. Mainly crime. And history. A little goofball sci-fi. In summary: Mick is a bloke. He likes what blokes like.
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Likes include: beer, books, talking shite.
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August 2010: Mountains to Sea Book Festival in September 2010
Mountains to Sea Lit Fest. Want to meet Eoin McNamee, Stuart Neville, Declan Hughes, Patrick McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Benny Blanco, Claire Kilroy, Kevin Stevens, DBC Pierre, Kate Atkinson and Hugo "Huggy Bear" Hamilton? Your chance is coming up 7-12 September in Dún Laoghaire. Highly Recommended for all Irish Crime Fic Fans!
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For those of you with broadband connections or patience enough, visit the full list of Critical Mick reviews.
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I've never heard of half these authors.So... you're already familiar with everyone who's ever written anything worthy? Click away and discover someone new. |
Are Critical Mick's Reviews Any Good?Some people claim to actually like them, though they might just be being polite. See Critical Mick Reviewed. |
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Yo! All content on the DFA Guide site are copyright 2010 Mick Halpin. All links to other sites and documents are copyright to whatever source wrote something cool enough for Mick to give it a referral. Try to claim them as your own work and bad karma will catch up with you, baby. Believe it.
Irate, huh? Managed to piss off another one? Direct your hatemail to mick @ mickhalpin dot com.
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This Page Was Last Updated On 21 August, 2010 (start of "The Maxies")
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