![]() ![]() I would say A Week In December is a satire on contemporary life and looks unflinchingly at the realities of religious fundamentalism and financial greed and intemperance, and you cannot look at those things and come away smiling.”Ī: “Take Islam for a start. But at the same time I would say it was funny. Q: The portrait of Britain this book paints is a bleak one, would you say?Ī: “I think it’s an angry and highly satirical book and there’s no doubt about that. Unless I had found that one unifying thought I would not have undertaken so many different stories.” ![]() Although it’s true there are lots of different areas of interest in the book, they are all united by one theme and that theme is how far people have become detached from real life and how much people prefer to live in virtual reality. Why did you decide to write so broadly?Ī: “It is a very ambitious book and of course it was a big challenge to do but I enjoy big challenges. ![]() Q: Most authors would have attempted to write about one of this book’s main themes rather than all of them in one story. ![]() A: “London is one of the main characters of the book and it was always planned that would the case (but) I don’t think American readers are so parochial that they would not be interested in one city, particularly because many of the themes are common to both Britain and America.” ![]()
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