“The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. It’s perceived as an accolade to be published as a ‘literary’ writer, but, actually, it’s pompous and it’s fake. Literary fiction is often nothing more than a genre in itself. I’d always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s, as substitutes for experience.”
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Neil Cross
Neil Cross is a British novelist born on February 9, 1969. His works, primarily focusing on suspense, crime, and thrillers, have gained him a wide readership. more
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