When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost … - Hilary Mantel

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The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over me than I took over it.

Hilary Mantel

When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started getting more up to date.

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