Dan’s Comments (group member since Feb 19, 2010)

Dan’s comments from the Q&A Peter Straub group.

Peter,

I was fascinated by Jeff Vandermeer's review of the book, comparing it to your earlier version of the story, "The Skylark." http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5...

Could you talk about the process by which the novel came together? Did you work on each piece of this Roshomon-like novel as an individual short story? Did you favor one of the various character's interpretations over an others'?

One of the great pleasures of the book is seeing the events fractured through so many different lenses, but I wondered if you had a "master" narrative that you were working from, or whether you saw each character's interpretation of the events as equally valid?