THE CRUELLEST MONTH, Louise Penny's third book in the Chief Inspector
Gamache series.
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http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/features/2008/l_penny/l_penny.html>
"The Cruellest Month ended up being the easiest book to write so far.
Thank God. The first, Still Life, took 45 years to write, then Headline
wanted the second (Dead Cold) in a year. When I regained consciousness
I started to panic. It didn't help that a whole lot of people were
telling me about the 'sophomore curse', as though a critic with claws
and a leather mask was waiting in the basement for me.
"I became so stressed about writing the second book that the only way I
could lure myself to the computer was by placing two huge pastries
beside it every day. I was determined to become a huge writer, one way
or the other."
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Louise Penny: <
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