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Jarred McGinnis on blending fact and fiction in The Coward

The Writing Life

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I Think the U K Will Change a Man. And I Love the Concision of the Irish Writers

I met you when you were in edinburgh. You've been in london. Now you're your best in france. What imprints, i supposeo those places and flavours and textures leave on the work, what sneaks in? O, that's really,really interesting. Because i didn't know i was, you know, i basically became way more american when i moved to scotland. I like being a foreigner because it lets me, give me a bit of space. And certainly, i've written british stories, stories, sat in britain. But this book always had to be an american book. I just, there's something kind

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