Ken Follett on Circle of Days:50 years of storytelling, faith, Stonehenge & the craft of bestsellers

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On the Tribune’s special show the #Shelflife, literary critic Mandira Nayar, talks to Ken Follett on his new book and also about writing for half a century, why he isn’t a tortured writer but a bestselling one, his formula and his formula for getting people to care about his characters—a love story. His trilogy Pillars of the Earth is about the building of a great cathedral. His latest book focuses on the faith that gets hundreds of men move stones to build the Stonehenge. He talks about being a non-believer, growing up reading the Bible, playing the guitar and of his interview of Stevie Wonder as a cub reporter.

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