'The Cauliflower' is not strictly a novel, as Barker says in her indispensable afterword. Justin Cartwright afterwordbarkercauliflower Change image and share on social
Coffee must be treated gently and smoothed out. I hadn't realised it was so temperamental. Justin Cartwright coffeegentlyrealise Change image and share on social
A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view - something that genre fiction doesn't do, although it sells more because it doesn't disturb people's innate sense of what a novel should be about. Often, people want characters to be nice, for example. Justin Cartwright anewchallengecharacter share on social
The great thing about the public is that they're quite capable of believing two absolutely contrary views at the same time. Justin Cartwright absolutelybelievecapable Change image and share on social
The book tour is a strange institution. You are wheeled about to explain your book and even to justify it. Justin Cartwright bookexplaininstitution Change image and share on social
It's true that all my novels have been versions of myself to some degree. Justin Cartwright degreenoveltrue Change image and share on social
The ANC was the product of a much earlier South Africa, a gradualist and non-tribal multi-racial organisation, driven to violence by the intransigence of the Afrikaner Nationalist Government, obsessed with improbable ideas of revolution. Justin Cartwright africaafrikaneranc share on social
Tom Fort, a BBC radio journalist, starts from the assumption that 'many of us have a road that reaches back into our past'. For him, this is the 92 miles of the A303 - as he subtitles his book, the 'Highway to the Sun'. Justin Cartwright a303assumptionback share on social
If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a writer. Justin Cartwright americabringjob Change image and share on social
It is surprising how many people who don't read believe they have a book in them. Why? Nobody would imagine that Alfred Brendel took up the piano on a whim at 25 when he found accountancy unpleasant. Justin Cartwright accountancyalfredbook Change image and share on social