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David Nicholls: ‘Gifting books feels like changing the music at someone else’s party’ – The Guardian
The author and screenwriter on being inspired by Tess of the D’Urbervilles, feeling gloomy over Moomins and rereading Franny and Zooey
The book I am currently readingThat Reminds Me by Derek Owusu, his tough, intense, poetic coming-of-age story. Its demanding but powerful.
The book that changed my lifeTess of the DUrbervilles. It was the first book I adapted for the screen and gave me the confidence to write something other than comedy. Adaptation does that sometimes gives you a hand-up into new territory. Also Chapter 15 contains the germ of the idea for One Day, for which I will always be grateful.
The book I wish Id writte…
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