several bits of his first novel came from his life experience
I think that inevitably stuff does, and any fiction writer who tells you otherwise is kidding themselves. At the same time, it's easy for us to assume as readers that great scads of the fictions we read are based on the author's own experiences (or worldview, etc.) when in reality the point of fiction is that you Make Stuff Up -- and most of it really is conjured from whole cloth.
having sex with a German woman during the Occupation in exchange for a bar of chocolate
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Date: 2010-07-17 03:46 am (UTC)several bits of his first novel came from his life experience
I think that inevitably stuff does, and any fiction writer who tells you otherwise is kidding themselves. At the same time, it's easy for us to assume as readers that great scads of the fictions we read are based on the author's own experiences (or worldview, etc.) when in reality the point of fiction is that you Make Stuff Up -- and most of it really is conjured from whole cloth.
having sex with a German woman during the Occupation in exchange for a bar of chocolate
Sorry: I find him pretty despicable for that.