How to Read a Novelist

‘Freeman’s interviews transcend the mechanics of the encounters and, beyond smart and knowledgeable, he’s the kind of interlocutor who asks a sideways question, then pays attention to the space and circumstance of the answer as much as to its words.’ * Weekend Australian *
‘John Freeman’s collection of interviews spans 56 giants of the literary world, nine years and an accumulated IQ reaching into the stratosphere.’ * Sunday Star Times *
‘Pure gold…Full of wit and wisdom; a buoy in the face of life’s inevitable swats.’ * Insights Magazine *
‘This book is billed as “the ultimate booklover’s book” and it’s true. This booklover was in a state approaching ecstasy reading about John Freeman’s conversations and intimacies (and occasional gaffes) with all the writers I have loved and wondered about.’ * Courier Mail / Daily Telegraph *
‘Bearing in mind that novelists must be the most self-aware profession to interrogate, Freeman here triumphs.’ * Examiner *

John Freeman is an award-winning writer and book critic. He has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal.

Freeman is the former editor of Granta magazine and the author of Shrinking the World and a collection of author interviews titled How to Read a Novelist. He lives in New York City.

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