"I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening next; they mean they are so mesmerised by the writer's voice and the relationship that has been established that they don't want to break that. That's what I feel when I read, and I'm sure now that that's what's going on in the relationship between the reader and the writing."

Source : "David Malouf - 'Dream Stuff'". Interview with Ramona Koval, www.abc.net.au. April 14, 2000.

David Malouf

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