Born in 1975, Matt Haig is the author of many novels, including The Dead
Fathers' Club, as well as the
children's novel, Shadow Forest. His
latest adult novel, The Radleys (Free
Press, December 28, 2010), is being made into a film by Alfonso Cuaron. View
the book trailer here.
On your nightstand now:
The Moment of Psycho by David Thompson.
Favorite book when you were a child:
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Your top five authors:
S.E. Hinton, Graham Greene, Julian Barnes, Shakespeare, Emily Bronte. It's an endless list.
Book you've faked reading:
Ulysses by James Joyce.
Book you're an evangelist for:
Vox by Nicholson Baker. Should have classic status.
Book you've bought for the cover:
On Beauty by Zadie Smith.
Book that changed your life:
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.
Favorite line from a book:
"He drank the whisky down like damnation."--The Power and the Glory. So simple, but powerful. Greene was the master at fusing the material with the spiritual.
Book you most want to read again for the first time:
Money by Martin Amis. You just get high on the dizzying genius of his style.