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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There's a band called "The Black Angels", movies called "The Unquiet", "The Killing Kind", "The Whisperers", and two movies called "The Lovers".
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There's a band called "The Black Angels", "Music/TheBlackAngels", movies called "The Unquiet", "The Killing Kind", "The Whisperers", and two movies called "The Lovers".
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* NamesTheSame:
** Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
** The FBI Agent Edgar Ross that Parker interacts with is considerably friendlier than the ''other'' FBI agent named Edgar Ross from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
** The FBI Agent Edgar Ross that Parker interacts with is considerably friendlier than the ''other'' FBI agent named Edgar Ross from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar Parker works at from time to time, is a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul.
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* NamesTheSame: Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
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* NamesTheSame: NamesTheSame:
** Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
** The FBI Agent Edgar Ross that Parker interacts with is considerably friendlier than the ''other'' FBI agent named Edgar Ross from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
** The FBI Agent Edgar Ross that Parker interacts with is considerably friendlier than the ''other'' FBI agent named Edgar Ross from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
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** Connolly claims that Louis and Angel are based directly off of his best friends in real life, with much of their dialogue lifted verbatim. Though the gentlemen in question (who he never names) are quick to point out that they're neither a couple nor criminals.
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** Connolly claims that Louis and Angel are based directly off of his best friends in real life, with much of their dialogue lifted verbatim. Though the gentlemen in question (who he never names) are quick to point out that they're neither a couple nor criminals.
criminals.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: A number of characters appearing in the books are in fact employees of the Great Lost Bear.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: WriteWhoYouKnow:
** A number of characters appearing in the books are in fact employees of the Great Lost Bear.
** Connolly claims that Louis and Angel are based directly off of his best friends in real life, with much of their dialogue lifted verbatim. Though the gentlemen in question (who he never names) are quick to point out that they're neither a couple nor criminals.
** A number of characters appearing in the books are in fact employees of the Great Lost Bear.
** Connolly claims that Louis and Angel are based directly off of his best friends in real life, with much of their dialogue lifted verbatim. Though the gentlemen in question (who he never names) are quick to point out that they're neither a couple nor criminals.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar Parker works at from time to time, is a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul.
* AuthorAppeal: Connolly was researching the murder of a prostitute for an Irish Times article when he quit to become a writer. The gory details of the murder inspired the extreme violence of the first few novels.
* NamesTheSame: Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
* AuthorAppeal: Connolly was researching the murder of a prostitute for an Irish Times article when he quit to become a writer. The gory details of the murder inspired the extreme violence of the first few novels.
* NamesTheSame: Charlie Parker the character and Charlie Parker the real-life jazz musician. Lampshaded in-universe: in the first few books characters often call Parker "Bird", which the musician was also known as. Parker claims his parents didn't know about the musician when the named him Charlie.
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* [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar Parker works at from time to time, is a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul. A number of people who work at the bar have also been fictionalised in the novels. They are listed on the bar's website.
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* [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar ShownTheirWork: It's hard to believe sometimes that Connolly isn't a native of Maine. He's also clearly done extensive research into both weaponry and mythology.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There's a band called "The Black Angels", movies called "The Unquiet", "The Killing Kind", "The Whisperers", and two movies called "The Lovers".
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Connolly was a bartender (among other things) before becoming a writer, Parker worksat from time to time, is as a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul. bartender when he's not detecting.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: A number ofpeople who work at the bar have also been fictionalised characters appearing in the novels. They books are listed on in fact employees of the bar's website.Great Lost Bear.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There's a band called "The Black Angels", movies called "The Unquiet", "The Killing Kind", "The Whisperers", and two movies called "The Lovers".
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Connolly was a bartender (among other things) before becoming a writer, Parker works
* WriteWhoYouKnow: A number of
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* ShoutOut: Tons. Some of them incredibly subtle, such as one reference to "lonely men in shirt sleeves", taken from ''The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock'' by Creator/TSEliot.
* [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar Parker works at from time to time, is a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul. A number of people who work at the bar have also been fictionalised in the novels. They are listed on the bar's website.
* [[http://www.greatlostbear.com/ The Great Lost Bear]], the bar Parker works at from time to time, is a real place. Connolly gave away signed Great Lost Bear bumper stickers with signed copies of the Burning Soul. A number of people who work at the bar have also been fictionalised in the novels. They are listed on the bar's website.
