#nov

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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.


Ian Mcewan


#building #confidence #constructed #enter #gate

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.


Ian Mcewan


#charge #controlling #crucially #flow #information

The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.


Ian Mcewan


#english #especially #novel #personal #requires

You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.


Ian Mcewan


#masters #novelists #novels #say #spy