This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling or about politics and idea is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world.
There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests – 'lobbies' they call them in the States.
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Most people get their politics obviously from TV shows about senators or movies about them or… all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.
