While I was away, the New Yorker blog The Book Bench ran an interview with Russell Roberts, author of The Price of Everything, which I reviewed here a while back. Fun to see him interviewed when I’m so used to listening to him ask the questions every week on EconTalk. Excerpt:
B.B.: Who are your favorite novelists?
R.R.: Mark Helprin—I think I’ve read every word he’s put between covers, including his children’s books, which are magnificent—Robertson Davies, and, when I was younger, Dickens and Faulkner. When I want to laugh, I read P. G. Wodehouse, whom I’ve been reading to my kids lately. Every plot is the same and I know how it’s going to turn out, but I’m always amused.
B.B.: Are the recent events on Wall Street giving you fodder for future novels in any way?
R.R.: I’m hoping to do a lot of writing on the current mess but I’ll stay away from the fictional format. I don’t have enough experience with tragedy.
Recent Comments