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An interview with Mark O’Connell — TOLKA
Publish Date
July 27, 2023
Interviewees
Mark O'Connell
Interviewers
Liam Harrison
Publisher
Tolka
Topics
class dynamics in crime
compulsions to write, read and make sense of true-crime narratives
effect of writing narratives on subjects
language used by subjects in interviews
limits of understanding true-crime narratives
moral ambivalence in storytelling
personal details in writing
power dynamics in interviews
questions of framing in true-crime narratives
relationship between fact and fiction
sensationalization versus victim experiences in true crime culture
People Mentioned
Bridie Gargan
Charles Haughey
Dónal Dunne
Gordon Burn
Harry Bieling
Irene
Joan Didion
John Banville
Katie
Lydia Tár
Malcolm Macarthur
Patrick Connolly
Robert Vicino
Tommy
Works Mentioned
A Thread of Violence
Notes from an Apocalypse
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
The Book of Evidence
To Be a Machine
Places Mentioned
Cambridge
Dublin
Killiney
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