Books
The actor, publisher, and Booker Prize judge is currently devoting 6-10 hours per day to reading.
Im devoting sometimes 6, 8, 10 hours a day to reading.
What struck me early in the pages was how smooth and masterful Lucy is, she says.
She pulled me in with this moment in time.
Ireland is a particular literary fascination for Parker, who also countsPaul MurraysThe Bee Stingas a favorite book.
But I love books like that.
As [AJLTshowrunner] Michael Patrick King always says, I love a book that pushes on the bruise.
I love feeling deserted, she says of the novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker in 2023.
As for the novels shocking ending?
I couldn’t believe what he did.
Im afraid of what I think happened to that family.
The conclusion ofClearby Carys Daviesastounded Parker as well.
She created a relationship between two men that you just never see coming, Parker says.
This place, its barren, its pounding with nature and then she gives you this incredible connection.
I couldn’t believe it.
WhileClearsnuck up on Parker,Tayari JonesAn American Marriagehit her straight in the gut.
She doesnt pull any punches, Parker says.
Shes not trying to make you feel better.
Shes like, This is what it is.
Shes young and potentially has three or four more books in her.
But she owes us nothing.
She doesn’t have to be on social media?
She doesn’t have to do interviews, she says of the famously reclusive Tartt.
She doesn’t have to show up at my dinner party, except in my fantasies.
Luckily, Parker has gotten to build real connections with some of her favorite writers.
One of them isA Place For Us Fatima Farheen Mirza whose novel was the first Parker published.
I had read half a dozen manuscripts at that point.
I just knew it was something.
