I decided to write a crime novel. That genre was at the height of its popularity in Poland, so I thought it might earn me a bit of cash to go on with my work on 'The Books of Jacob.' I shut myself away for a few months and devoted myself entirely to 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.'

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

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