Jacob Debrock
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Matthew Pearl:
Which of your books had the most interesting subject matter for you?
Matthew Pearl
Thanks for asking this, Jacob. It's really hard for me to compare the books I've written. They're all equally interesting to me when I start them... because it takes a few years to write each one, by the end I'm always ready to move on to something else, though that doesn't mean the subject isn't interesting anymore, just that my brain is overloaded with it! The subject of The Last Bookaneer -- literary pirates -- was one I had my eye on for years as a potential novel.
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Janellyn51
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Matthew Pearl:
I was just looking at my copy of Robinson Crusoe, which doesn't have a date of publication....the dedication, Puzzle Prize Mary A. Galivan 1884, so pretty old.....I was wondering about bookaneers, did they only pirate books before they were published anywhere? I know I saw you at Porter Square and you had a pirated edition of a book, I can't remember how you can tell the difference! Can I have a refresher course?
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