Writers Talk: Conversations with Contemporary British Novelists

by Philip Tew

Book Overview

Writers Talk includes interviews with Kate Atkinson, Pat Barker, Jonathan Coe, Jim Crace, Toby Litt, Graham Swift, Matt Thorne, David Mitchell, AlanWarner, and Will Self.

"Is it a good time to be a writer in the time of The Da Vinci Code? It's not necessarily good time to be a literary writer."-Kate Atkinson
"The best novels allow us to rehearse the world ahead of us, to play out the battle before we fight it, to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826490581
• ISBN13: 9780826490582
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"