I think Ernst Billgren got it right when he was asked to comment on having appeared in Den högsta kasten. He said he was aware there was a character in the book with the same name as him. In my case, I can’t see it that way, what you’ve written about is too close to home for that, but the point is that he indicates an escape route that’s open to any person in a novel. There’s a character in that book who’s got the same name as me.”
