Matthew Pearl
I'm so glad you enjoyed The Last Bookaneer, Cheryl! You know, it's hard for me to dissect most of my decisions in designing a plot, but I will say the ending to the novel evolved and changed many times over the course of writing the book. The original ending I planned was nothing like what it ended up being, although this has happened before for me, too. I'm so glad you liked the ending!
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Sheila
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Matthew Pearl:
Yours are the only books where I have reference books at the ready when I read them. I love to be challenged by your grasp of these literary figures and their environment. I am a librarian and have turned on members of our book club to your books. My son and I spent many nights playing "authors" the card game and he still remembers the names of all of the authors. Do you ever come to the West coast?
Craig
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Matthew Pearl:
Just read The Last Bookaneer. Thank you for the great read! It seems to me that the literary subject for your next book is always hinted at in the books that come before. With your frequent mention of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in The Bookaneer, may we expect your next literary mystery novel to center on her novel?
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