Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as easily killed off.
I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects.
The world is not real for me until it has been pushed through the mesh of language.
Life is tragic but it's equally comic.
Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.
Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.