Literature acknowledges that life is complicated.
I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!
Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.
I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.
Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are coming from all over. It is still changing society in a good way.
Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be taking advantage of everything literature can do when tackling difficult issues.