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Brighton writer makes 'killer' debut
12 March 2009
Danny Hogan, a former journalism student at City College Brighton and Hove, has given the classic 'pulp' fiction genre a 21st Century makeover with his debut novel, Killer Tease. The thriller, set in Brighton's sleazy underbelly, tells the tale of Eloise Murphy, a burlesque dancer with a murderously bad temper ?
Having refined his writing skills at City College, Danny Hogan went on to work for local publishers Pen Press, who, having seen an early draft of Killer Tease, were so impressed that they decided to set up the imprint 'Pulp Press' to publish Danny's book and further pulp genre titles. Danny says:
Danny Hogan, author of 'Killer Tease' (Photograph by Ken Street, featuring model Bel
'Studying on the magazine journalism course at City College really helped me to hone my style, take a more professional approach and also write and edit to a consistently high standard. I think the timing of reviving the 'pulp' genre has turned out to be perfect for these cash-strapped times because people are going out less and getting immersed in a classic page-turner is cheap home entertainment at its best!'
Jan Goodey, Danny's former tutor on City College's NCTJ magazine journalism course, says:
'I'm not surprised to see how enterprising and successful Danny has been since finishing the course. He showed enormous flair as a writer and also had a strong individualism that suggested that he'd make his creative mark in a very distinctive way.'
Killer Tease is available from Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops.
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Notes to editors: There is a strong literary tradition of novels exploring the dark side of Brighton, most famously in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock. Other examples include:
Patrick Hamilton: The West Pier (1947) Famously described by Graham Greene as 'The best novel written about Brighton', The West Pier concerns the immoral activities of devious sexual predator and conman, Ernest Ralph Gorse.
Arthur La Bern: Brighton Belle (1963) 'The sensational novel of a vicious back street world of pimps, prostitutes and racketeers.' also described as ' Murder by a small-time gangster involves racecourse tipsters, the landlady of a pub, three blind St Dunstan's men and the Brighton police.'
Helen Zahavi: Dirty Weekend (1991) Bella, a young woman living alone in Brighton, is terrorized by an obscene phone-caller. The aggressor lives nearby and when he starts to harass Bella in the street, she decides she has had enough. She proceeds to murder her oppressor and then a whole series of predatory males.
Peter James' Inspector Grace crime novels Dead Simple (2006), Looking Good Dead (2006),
Not Dead Enough (2007) and Dead Man's Footsteps (2008)
Glenn Chandler's Inspector Steve Madden mysteries Savage Tide (2003) and Dead Sight (2003)
Robert Goddard: Play to the End (2004) Revolves around a Brighton entrepreneur whose wealth may be based on shady practices carried out by his family business at some point in the past.
Edward Marston: Murder on the Brighton Express (2008) An Inspector Robert Colbeck mystery
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