Vincent Patrick (1935–2023)

Great read. Reminded of Richard Price - the dialogue is spot on and tha characters, flawed and criminal, are all too human.

I went through a period of reading books that had been made into movies, in the odd belief that the books would have to be interesting if they were being filmed. The novel "Family Business" was very pedestrian and really didn't seem to head anywhere. Three generations of thieves interact and get annoyed which each other. There are so many scenes of characters eating it made me wonder if the author was on a diet.

The film was below average too; dodge both.