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Charles Palliser

American Novelist

Born: Dec 11, 1947

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I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to 'unreliable.' Charles Palliser

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For me, it would be pointless to write a novel that I knew I could complete within a specific length of time. I could do that only by repeating something I had done before, and I've never wanted to do that. Charles Palliser

In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that. Charles Palliser

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