Giveaway Days: WHO DAT? (A second clue.)

Still trying to give away four books. No one correctly guessed WHO DAT author from the first clue, so I'll now provide a second clue which should lead everyone down the correct garden path.

And it'll be well worth your time to win today. The books I'm giving away are the first four titles in the new Pocket Black Lizard series from Vintage: BLIND MAN'S ALLEY (Justin Peacock); LAYOVER IN DUBAI (Dan Fesperman); DEAD LINE (Stella Rimington); and THE GARDEN OF BETRAYAL (Lee Vance).


Again, don't be afraid to take a wild guess: no one here is going to make fun of you. I won't let them. Remember, you only need to identify the author, not the book. Leave your guess in a comment (and make sure I can contact you in case you, you know, win or something.


Before I give you the new clue, let me refresh your memory as to the previous clue:

"He was a snitch. Not a very good one. But the vast machinery of policing needs a few key ingredients:

a) Ignorance, b) Complicity, c) Poor wages, d) Snitches.

Or so the received wisdom goes. He was what the Americans call 'of challenged stature'. He was short. And he fuckin' hated that."

And now here's your second clue (and by the way, these two clues do not come from the same book). Tell me WHO DAT wrote this:

"Grogan's is not the oldest pub in Galway. It's the oldest unchanged pub in Galway.

While all the rest go

Uni-sex

Low-fat

Karaoke

Over-the-top

it remains true to the format of fifty or more years ago. Beyond basic. Spit and sawdust floor, hard seats, no-frills stock. The taste for

Hooches

Mixers

Breezers

hasn't yet been acknowledged."

 Good luck!

UPDATE 7/24/2011: THIS ROUND OF WHO DAT? IS CONCLUDED.