I know. I've made my homework and checked out your Wikipedia entry. I ran into "Free Lunch" by coincidence and I have to admit that I didn't read your first novel "Wild Years in West Berlin." What is it about, briefly?

Matthias Drawe It's a coming of age story set in West-Berlin when the wall was still standing. It's about a group of young, anarchistic squatters facing eviction. It was a very special time at a very special place. West-Berlin was like no other place in the world at the time. It was surrounded by a hostile communist dictatorship, and yet it was full of life, art and love. I had the story in my drawer for almost 30 years. In 2014 it was ripe to be told.

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I would like to pick up where we left off. Your technique of making a sharp cut at the end of a chapter and then jumping into the middle of the action of the next scene reminds me of film cuts. Are you familiar with these techniques?

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Hi Matthias, I would love to conduct an interview with you for my blog and its readers. Would you be available? Thanks in advance. Rodrigo

Rodrigo Rodriguez asked Matthias Drawe:

That's what I liked about it. As a reader you have the feeling that you see the "naked truth." In many situations Hardy doesn't look that good. But those are the best parts in my view, aren't those?

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I know. I've made my homework and checked out your Wikipedia entry. I ran into "Free Lunch" by coincidence and I have to admit that I didn't read your first novel "Wild Years in West Berlin." What is it about, briefly?

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I would like to pick up where we left off. Your technique of making a sharp cut at the end of a chapter and then jumping into the middle of the action of the next scene reminds me of film cuts. Are you familiar with these techniques?

Hi Matthias, I would love to conduct an interview with you for my blog and its readers. Would you be available? Thanks in advance. Rodrigo

That's what I liked about it. As a reader you have the feeling that you see the "naked truth." In many situations Hardy doesn't look that good. But those are the best parts in my view, aren't those?

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