States of Crime

This week I make my first visit to Belfast, Northern Ireland where I’m giving a paper titled ‘Rogue Cops and Shakedown Artists: Agents of the State in James Ellroy’s American Tabloid‘ at the ‘States of Crime: The State in Crime Fiction’ conference held at Queen’s University. Looking forward to hearing lots of great papers, including a talk by novelists David Peace and Eoin McNamee. Should be fun.