I'm renaming my novel Killoyle Wine and Cheese The Maladjusted Terrorist. Big deal, eh? No, but to those few who know of it, the name "Killoyle" in the title is too specific a reference to my other novel of that name, especially to the bean counters at the publishing houses who track sales and exert a heavy inlfuence on the decisions of the acquisitions departments. And anyway, this book's more of a character study than an evocation of place, and the new title is an apt description of Ferdia Quain, the hero: he's the ex-archivist of the now-disbanded Provisional IRA, you see, and all he wants is to raise a little capital to open a wine and cheese shop. Others won't let him, but he has no idea how to deal with them, or the new circumstances of his life; and we're off to the races.

So far, it's only been published in German (twice). Within a year, one way or another, it will have found a home in its native tongue, I swear it.