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Goodreads asked Mark Allen Smith:

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

Mark Allen Smith For the book I'm writing now ----

Fifteen years ago I was sitting on my porch looking out at the Hudson River, not really thinking about anything - and this image came alive in my head - a man stuck chest-high in mud in a cave, alone. That's it. I thought - 'What the hell is that about?' It stayed with me for all those years, and then last year I decided to see where it could go...

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