I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.

It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have happily attended church on a regular basis.

Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.