JWC was listening very closely.

The transcript is here. The podcast is in three parts.  Part 1 is here.  Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Aspiring writers should pay very close attention to Silva's discipline.

Silva is a very entertaining, yet very serious writer who is also an artist, capable of making the thriller into a vehicle for important lessons.  Do yourself a favor, and order all of the Allon novels, and begin at the beginning with The Kill Artist.  The order in which to read them:

  • 2000 The Kill Artist
  • 2002 The English Assassin
  • 2003 The Confessor
  • 2004 A Death in Vienna
  • 2005 Prince of Fire
  • 2006 The Messenger
  • 2007 The Secret Servant
  • 2008 Moscow Rules