Charles Palliser
Charles Palliser
Charles Palliseris a best-selling novelist, American-born but British-based. His most well-known novel, "The Quincunx", has sold over a million copies internationally. He is the elder brother of the late author and freelance journalist Marcus Palliser...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 December 1947
CountryUnited States of America
betrayed virtue betray
To exist is to be betrayed, since we exist for others only by virtue of what we betray of ourselves to them.
people poor victorian
Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor.
chapter devoted lull reader victorian work wrongs
In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that.
thinking firsts narrators
I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to unreliable.