But what I really wanted to say to her – rather than see you later, call this weekend, do you need money? I really wanted to tell my daughter just how sorry I was that she would have to live in what 9/11 transformed into the most frightened country on Earth. Arriving back in the US, my daughter called from the airport to say she’d be home in about an hour. Fear is a terrible thing to be sorry for, and that in itself can be scary. His next work will be Hooper’s War, a novel of the second world war in Japan.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2016 15:00 UTC