David Gilmour and I gush over Truman Capote's short story Mojave
David Gilmour is a Canadian novelist and former television journalist and film critic.\xa0\xa0 \xa0
Born in\xa0London, Ontario, Gilmour later moved to\xa0Toronto\xa0for schooling. He is a graduate of\xa0Upper Canada College\xa0and the\xa0University of Toronto. In 1980 he became managing editor of the\xa0Toronto International Film Festival, a post he held for four years. In 1986 he joined CBC Television as a film critic for\xa0The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment show. In 1990, he began hosting\xa0Gilmour on the Arts, an arts show series on\xa0CBC Newsworld.
In 1997 he left the CBC to concentrate full time on his writing. His 2005 novel A Perfect Night to Go to China\xa0won the\xa02005 Governor General's Award\xa0for English fiction. In 2007 he won two gold\xa0National Magazine Awards\xa0for his essay "My Life with Tolstoy" which appeared in\xa0The Walrus\xa0magazine. Today Gilmour is a Professor of Literary Studies at\xa0Victoria College\xa0at the\xa0U of T where he has taught Creative Writing and Literature since 2006.
D\u200bavid recently mentioned to me that he was a fan of Truman Capote. I suggested we get together to discuss one of his short stories. We settled on 'Mojave'. Here's our conversation. Warning: it gets a tad raunchy at times.\xa0\xa0