Patrick deWitt - I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question ...

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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'

Patrick deWitt

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Ich habe irgendwo gehört, dass die Leute immer dann, wenn Sie ein Buch schreiben, eine Frage dazu stellen. Und obwohl ich in diesen Fragen kein Fachmann bin, erweist sich dies als wahr. In meinem ersten Buch ging es um einen nicht so angenehmen degenerierten Typ, und die Eine Frage lautete: "Ist das eine autobiographische Geschichte?"

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