Dead Interviews: Living Writers Meet Dead Icons

by Dan Crowe

Some of the greatest living writers in the world interview some of the greatest dead ones

Genres: Fiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2013

Reviews

[Didi · Rating 3 out of 5]

My favourite interviews are Coupland's Warhol and Rankin's Doyle. Had me laughing. Oates' Frost and Miller's Sade was interesting too. The rest feels like fillers to me.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Theut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il primo libro del 2017 non è stato scelto con mano felice. Su 13 interviste, 4/5 sono davvero divertenti, le altre non sono particolarmente interessanti (sembra il compitino fatto durnte le vacanze estive). Dipenderà dal fatto che gli autori non mi piacciono particolarmente?

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 1 out of 5]

An idea that was probably best left on paper outside of this book - famous writers interview dead literary heroes. And also Jimi Hendrix. Some of the writers get the voice right and play it for laughs too, other times it's extreme - absurd - navel-gazing. Disappointing, ultimately.

[Lisa]

Uneven. A lot of missed opportunities for what could have been really great "interviews." Great concept though!

[David Macpherson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adored this collection of fictional interviews. Fine writers interviewed icons of the past. Most of the icons were writers. I liked it when the authors did not worry too much how the interview was happening, just allowing the conversation to happen but for the most part, the pieces were great. I even loved the long story written by Joyce Carol Oates where a female writer interviews Robert Frost. I don't care for her work, but this story, ending all the other fictional interviews, was a perfect ending for a smart and lovely book.