'The FBI has told me they’re essentially empty threats, but I suppose it’s the worst possible reaction you could expect from a book’s publication, isn’t it?'
Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support.I just imagine that people who write books, people who set out to write books and write them, and publish them—well, the publication is something they plan for, hope for. And I’m not saying this out of modesty—I really did not want to write this book. Therefore I didn’t plan on publishing a book. Therefore I didn’t plan on speaking about a book I didn’t plan on writing.
This may sound pompous but I wasn’t particularly concerned with how anyone responded to the work. I barely consider myself a writer. It’s something I do so infrequently. But I do enjoy—enjoy? Well, ok, for lack of better word I enjoy the process of research when the topic is compelling enough. I spent many years working as a crime reporter— I was not the envy of my colleagues, but I didn’t mind the work.
What has the response been like in the former Southern Territory, where you discovered X was born and raised? Yes, well… you might want to be ignored in the Southern Territory. For several reasons, obviously. Though of course it’s not the content of the book the AFK wants to kill me over—it’s the existence of the book itself. That kind of rage.
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