Five minutes with Chad Taylor
New Zealand writer Chad Taylor (this photograph by John Hagen) has been described as “the Nick Cave of New Zealand literature”. Our own Mr O’Neill enthused about his most recent published novel, Departure Lounge, in the manner of a dust-jacket critic (I feel an ellipsis coming on): “this is Chad Taylor’s best book to date … it is also quite beautiful.” His previous novels are Pack of Lies, Heaven, Shirker and Electric. A review of Shirker in the UK magazine Buzz describes his writing thus: “Prose so cool, and images so compelling, it’s film noir in novel form.” We at NZBC like his writing for all kinds of reasons (a prize to anyone who knows of another writer who has named the protagonist of a novel after a motorway off-ramp), and on top of that he has Raymond Chandler on his bookshelves, Rioja in his glass and Warren Zevon on his stereo. We joined Chad for a glass of the red stuff to find out how the chainsaw juggling is working out for him. Read on…
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