Interviews are an art form in and of themselves – the German journalist Thomas David talks in depth with the great figures of English-language literature of the past twenty years.

Featuring a foreword by Graham Swift.

Thomas David has been in a continuing conversation with contemporary writers since the mid-1990s. He has interviewed big names on individual novels, their writing practice and the social and political subjects of their times. The result is a book on what is essential, not just in writing but also in life.

Thomas David in conversation with
John Banville, Teju Cole, Rachel Cusk, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, Bret Easton Ellis, Patricia Highsmith, John Irving, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Toni Morrison, Ottessa Moshfegh, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, James Salter, Zadie Smith, Muriel Spark, Graham Swift and William Trevor.