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The reader, along with Perdita and her dolls, get to listen in on Harriets astonishing bedtime story.
Im always fascinated by where your books go plot-wise, because its not always evident in the jacket copy.
I just wrote it and then was like, Oh no, I have to describe what this is.
I think you just have to read it.
I knew what to expect.
I mean, not really, but I was ready for you to throw me some curveballs.
And they say, What kind of books?
and I just say, Fiction.
I think describing it as just fiction does make sense.
The normal and the strange are on the same level.
Do you read Amazon reviews?Yes, but I stopped because it made me so sad.
The review that made me saddest was because I felt that it was true.
After that I stopped reading my one-star reviews.
And no Goodreads, I take it.Sometimes.
But it feels like I could get into a swamp there.
Someone read me a Goodreads review and it was really interesting.
On the Chinese edition ofMr.
Foxthey have a quote from a Goodreads user on the cover, as the blurb.
I was surprised by that.
But it was an English Goodreads review that they had translated.
Was it particularly illuminating?I didnt think it was!
It was very kind, but I dont know why that one was chosen.
Youve lived in Prague for the past six years.
I also spent a year in Budapest.
But I dont think theres some sort of subconscious resistance to the celebration of it.
Its like reporting without using she said, which you see sometimes in articles.
And the dolls only call bullshit on Harriet occasionally.Yeah, this is a bit far-fetched, say the dolls.
I thought Harriet was very kind to say to them, but arentyoua little bit far-fetched?
