gutzmer13 asked Nick Harkaway:

If you could sit down to dinner with any of your characters, who would it be and why?

Nick Harkaway Probably Frankie Fossoyeur, and for the simple reason that if I could sit down with her it would mean she was real, and that would in turn imply that incredibly amazing things were possible in the world. If I was nice to her she might build me a submarine, or a time machine, or a magic who-knows-whatifier. Plus also a lot of my characters are really unrestful, terrifying people to be around. Frankie is driven, brilliant, and benevolent. That's going to make for interesting dinner conversation. Can you imagine how much trouble I'd get into with Mercer Cradle? Or how infuriating it would be to spend time listening to Jed Kershaw explain foreign policy? Ike Thermite would be fun, though...

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