One Day, Philip Kerr Will Finish Ulysses
The Author of Prussian Blue on the Books in His Life
Philip Kerr’s 12th Bernie Gunther novel, Prussian Blue, is available now.
What was the first book you fell in love with?
First book I fell in love with was probably Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Name a classic you feel guilty about never having read?
Not guilty, no. But I regret not reading a great many classics, and as I get older I feel the window is becoming narrower. The book I keep meaning to read which is a classic is Ulysses. I’ve started it a couple of times and had to stop because I received a book to review or had to read something for a book I was writing.
What’s the book you reread the most?
1984 by George Orwell. I used to read it whenever I was doing exams which meant I read it every year for about five years. I think I like the idea of myself contra mundum.
Is there a book you wish you had written?
Gosh, so many. I always admired The Great Gatsby. So that one, for sure.
