It was a felicitous discovery that there was some strange affinity between a hard-boiled prose style and a kind of Jewish sensibility. - Michael Chabon, speaking exclusively to Transmission, October 2007.
What unites Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, ‘tartan noir’ author Christopher Brookmyre and the best of British Pulp Fiction? None other than Transmission magazine’s Pulp Fiction Special! Our third anniversary edition runs exclusive interviews with Chabon and Brookmyre alongside a lively selection of brand new short fiction.
Michael Chabon won the Pulitzer in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. A film adaptation of his Wonder Boys hit the big screen in 2000, while a film version of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is slated for release later this year. The author talks to Transmission about this career, as well as new novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.
Christopher Brookmyre, meanwhile, discusses his new book Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, which tackles mediums and Christian Fundamentalism. ‘People might say I’m going after a soft target,’ he tells Transmission, ‘but I feel it’s like wiping out an infestation while it’s still small.’
Elsewhere in Issue #09, RSC actor and BBC radio comedy writer Paul Barnhill takes the Writer’s Block slot; debut author Fiona Campbell discusses the journey from manuscript to finished product; and reviews include the life and works of controversial Scottish author, Alexander Trocchi. The magazine also showcases a startling selection of previously unpublished Pulp Fiction-themed short stories.
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The full contents for Transmission #09:
Interviews:
Graham Foster talks to Michael Chabon
NP Murgatroyd meets Christopher Brookmyre
Susie Stubbs chats to Fiona Campbell
Articles:
Writer’s Block: Paul Barnhill on writing comedy
Fiction:
Killing Me Softly by Josie Aston, illustrated by Barney Ibbotson
The Gold Prospectors by Ben Cheetham, illustrated by Jill Tytherleigh
Memory Room by Ailsa Cox, illustrated by John Charlesworth
Creeque Alley by Richard Fair, illustrated by Caroline Tomlinson
The Funicular by Robert Graham, illustrated by Alice Horton
Another Foreigner by Matt Harris, illustrated by Jo Phillips
A Good Escape Plan by Dougie B Haywood, illustrated by Michael Stewart
Detective Story by Chris Killen, illustrated by Lindsey Vigurs
The Second Death of El Mig by NP Murgatroyd, illustrated by Rachel Jackson
Eleventh of January Nineteen Sixteen by Dominic Nolan, illustrated by Tara Bush
The Face by Graham Roberts, illustrated by John Casey
Chaser by Damien G Walter, illustrated by Ria Dastidar
Reading:
Alexander Trocchi, JG Ballard, Susanna Clarke, John Saul and Richard Stark reviewed.