ems

ems asked Ian McGuire:

Hilary Mantel's review is the reason I picked up your novel. Do you have a favorite book of hers? Thanks, and thanks for that wonderful story.

Ian McGuire Like many people, I really like her last two novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies". "A Place of Greater Safety" is a long, very detailed and fascinating novel about the French Revolution--if you like historical fiction that is worth checking out. I also particularly like "An Experiment in Love" which is very different from the other three I've mentioned. It's more modest in scale and much more rooted in her own experiences of growing up in the north of England.

Thanks for the question. Very glad to hear you enjoyed "The North Water".

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Brigitte

Brigitte asked Ian McGuire:

I loved The North Water! I picked it up ultimately because I've recently moved to Hull from the US, it caught my interest due to location, and it turned out to be a new favourite. When you decided to write this novel, was it driven more by the setting (East Yorkshire), or by the subject matter? Is arctic exploration/whaling of particular interest to you?

Sue

Sue asked Ian McGuire:

I just finished you book. It was one of the very few books that I actually felt like I was a fly on the wall. Wonderful! Gripping! I can't wait until your next one. Will it be soon?

Jeremy Neal

Jeremy Neal asked Ian McGuire:

I just finished The North Water and thought it was excellent. Drax is a truly reprehensible character, where did you dredge him up from?

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