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I Write What I Call 'novels Of Consolation' For People Who Are Bright And Sophisticated.

I Expect That My Readers Have Been To Europe, I Expect Them To Have Some Feeling For A Foreign Language, I Expect Them To Have Read Books - There Are A Lot Of People Like That! That's My Audience.

I Read Very Little Contemporary Anything.

You Write A Lot Of Books; You Hope You Get Better.

My Novels Are About The European Reality, Not About Chases. You Want Chases, Get Somebody Else's Books.