Wilbur Smith is this week’s Shelf Lifer. He tells us which books make him cry, describes the party he wishes he could have attended and lets us in on a ‘highly rewarding but rather sticky experience.’
Apparently, his agent Charles Pick once told him “Write for yourself, and write about what you know best.” He seems to have taken this piece of advice to heart. Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith is out now. Visit his Facebook to find out more.
1) As a child, what did you read under the covers?
The first book I ever read under the covers at boarding school was Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor. It was a highly rewarding but rather sticky experience.
2) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
My first unpublished novel was so awful I wept with shame.
3) You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books.
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