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Goodreads asked Michael Wyndham Thomas:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Michael Wyndham Thomas I wanted to experiment with a voice that wasn't my own: that of someone from a completely different culture. I wanted to get out of my usual mode of narrative, my usual 'cast' of voices and situations, so that this new book wouldn't be my story but his. As to whether it'll work, well, I guess I'll see...

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