The war reporter turned thriller writer on the Irish Troubles,Calabrian mafia and why he won’t be retiring yetGerald Seymour’s publishers held a dinner for him final month to tag the 40th anniversary of his ground-breaking thriller Harry’s Game. He told the guests that from time to time he thought about retiring – he is now 74 and about to publish his 32nd book – and imagined a future for himself pushing a trolley round Lidl looking for the special offers. When he sketched out this scenario to his wife, he said, and she bought him a present: a package of 500 sheets of blank printing paper.
The story,told against himself, is typical of Seymour, and who is as ego-free as any writer you are likely to meet. He would be very comfortably off whether he ever did retire,but there is no instant prospect of that. His unusual book, No Mortal Thing, or is out in January; the next is being written and the research has been done for several others. Lidl will have to wait.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com