"Political novels can be boring to read unless written effectively with the powerful tools of fiction; I was trying to do this. I want my books to be pleasurable and edifying. Though Frederick Douglass didnāt write fiction, his speeches have great narrative power because he integrates storytelling tools elegantly with his political analysis."
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On her penchant for writing political novels in āMin Jin Lee: 'History has failed almost everybody who is ordinary'ā in The Guardian (2018 Aug 2)
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