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Chapter Description:

\\u201cNever touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers\\u201d Gustave Flaubert

I heard David Mitchell mention this quote while I was deep in the rabbit hole preparing to speak to him. It gave me pause. Was there any way he could possibly live up to the pedestal in the clouds I\\u2019d long placed him on?

My love affair with David Mitchell began years ago when I became completely transfixed by Cloud Atlas. I then began devouring his other books like a starving man \\u2014 Ghost Written, number9dream, Black Swan Green, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Bone Clocks, and his brand new masterpiece Utopia Avenue.

Every book broke new genre territory while consistently offering vividly realistic characters, leaping plotlines, and hints towards a larger scale multiverse tying everything together. It\\u2019s no wonder five of his books have been long- or short-listed for the Booker Prize.

And it\\u2019s not just me or the Booker committee, either. The Boston Globe calls David Mitchell, \\u201cone of the most electric writers alive\\u201d, Esquire calls him, \\u201ca genre leaping, mind bending, world-traveling, puzzle-making, literary magician\\u201d, and the New York Times Book Review declared him \\u201ca genius who writes as though at the helm of a perpetual dream machine.\\u201d TIME even declared him one of the world\\u2019s \\u201c100 Most Influential People\\u201d.

I was indeed worried, but after spending two and a half hours talking to David (in what I think may be the longest feature-length interview with him anywhere and his first podcast interview in years) I am pleased to say no specks of gold came off in my fingers. If anything, his grace, humility, and wit only elevated the pedestal higher into the cosmos.

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, prepare to go deep into one of the world\\u2019s deepest minds in the world. Get ready for a ramble across Middle Earth, Russia, Ireland, and Japan as we discuss things like: \\xa0

• How can art be an anti-snobbery force?

• How books can stop minds from scratching themselves raw?

• How writers build trust with their readers?

• How we can we harvest imagination?

• What is it like raising a child who is non-verbal?

• What is the power and meaning of the metaphysical?

• How should writing be judged?

• Which fantasy author trumps Tolkien and why?

These are just some of the topics we touch on with loving father, master craftsman, mentor to many, and endlessly erudite bibliophile David Mitchell.

Let\\u2019s go!

What You\'ll Learn:

• Why shouldn\\u2019t genre matter in writing?

• Why doesn\\u2019t snobbery belong in the world of books?

• How do books change after they\\u2019re read?

• How does the metaphor of a TV box set apply to books?

• How do writers build trust with their readers?

• How do we harvest imagination?

• What\\u2019s the relationship between health care policy and good writing?

• Who are The Russians and how does one properly wade into them?

• Why are we all storytellers?

• What are some myths surrounding autism?

• How do you become a better writer?

• And, of course, what are David Mitchell\\u2019s three most formative books?

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