Tom McCarthy: 'Writing has nothing to do with self-expression'

In the first of our author interviews from this year's Edinburgh international book festival, Tom McCarthy tells us what he's here to talk about, and why he's sorry to be missing Robert Coover

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tom mccarthy is my grandfather

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Necronauts, assemble.

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What magazine?

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Viz magazine...

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