I was so taken with Lincoln In The Bardo when I reviewed it that I jumped at the chance to interview George Saunders about his writing. That was months ago, though, long before the American author’s Man Booker Prize win last year, and before the world began clamouring for his attention. (See the 10/10 review online here.)

He remembered us in the end, though, and kindly sat down at an electronic device somewhere in the midst of his whirlwind travels to reply to our e-mailed questions.