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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@w... wrote:
> I'm reading Ken Bruen's The Killing of the Tinkers.
It features a
> visiting London cop, DS Keegan, on vacation in
Galway. Now Keegan is
> obviously the same character as DS Brant. There are
a number of
> references to occurences in The White Trilogy (the
character's love of
> McBain, his naming a dog Meyer Meyer, Meyer's later
immolation, passing
> references to Falls and Roberts, though neither by
name, and his Irish
> mother; and doesn't one of the Brant books mention a
trip he took to
> visit the land of his mother, but offer no
details?). So why the name
> change? Is it because the two series have different
publishers? Does
> that give the publishers exclusive rights to the
characters, or at least
> their names?
Well, it looks that way. Keegan and Brant are pretty much the
same character and I believe Bruen intended it to be Brant,
but complications arose. And Bruen, being the stubborn bugger
he is, made Brant into Keegan for THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS.
Personally, I love it - it's nice to see two worlds come
together for an instant, even with the name changes...
Ray
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