T.J. Bowes - You need to be a bit of a recluse -...

You need to be a bit of a recluse - a misfit - to write. And yet to sell books you have to be a vain, egocentric, self-promoter. Hard work. How did J D Salinger, Cormac McCarthy and Harper Lee save their souls, despite their fame, from this dreadful parade of the ego?

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You need to be a bit of a recluse - a misfit - to write. And yet to sell books you have to be a vain, egocentric, self-promoter. Hard work. How did J D Salinger, Cormac McCarthy and Harper Lee save their souls, despite their fame, from this dreadful parade of the ego? T.J. Bowes

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