What was the first book to make an impression on you? Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson. What was your favourite book as a child? The Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler, published in 1968. I still have the book. And what is your favourite book or books now? A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; The Butcher Boy by Pat McCabe; Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell. What is your favourite quotation? “To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now” – Beckett. It applies to any art form, I think, but I certainly identify with it as a writer. Who is your favourite fictional character? Ignatius J Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces. A wonderful,...
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