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I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.

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The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

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A lot of crime writing suffers from treading water. I feel an obligation to move the character on and not repeat myself. I try to fit him into a different period and a different agenda. That way, you learn slightly more about his personal history in the tradition of the unreliable narrator. It makes it more challenging to write.

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Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.

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It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it.

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When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.

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I always worry I've probably written one too many Bernie Gunther books and that I should probably give him his gold watch.

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The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.

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The fascination for me writing about crime in Berlin was the idea that there was this much bigger crime taking place in the background, a fantastically epochal moment in history which is just going on. That just sort of makes the whole thing have a greater resonance.

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There's something weird about the Scots. We are a troubled, slightly tortured race - the sense of the respectable outward character and, inside, the turmoil of something darker.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: February 22nd, 1956

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