In Me, Speaking Psychologically, There Is Always

My Relationship With My Readers Is Somewhat Theatrical. One Of The Main Things I Try To Do In My Work Is Delight My Readers.

I Have An Enduring, Very Robust Infatuation With Dictators. I Have An Infatuation With Stalin, Mao, And Mussolini. In The Paris Review Interview I Did (in 2013), I Said My Next Book, This One, Was Going To Be About Mussolini. I Wound Up Only Having A Mussolini Cameo In The Book.

My Work Generally Tends To Be An All-out, 360-degree Subversive Take On Everything, Most Of All My Own Notion Of Myself As A Son, Father, Husband, Human Being And Male In This Culture.

So Where Does The Name Adam's Apple Come From? Most People Say That It Is From The Notion That This Bump Was Caused By The Forbidden Fruit Getting Stuck In The Throat Of Adam In The Garden Of Eden. There Is A Problem With This Theory Because Some Hebrew Scholars Believe That The Forbidden Fruit Was The Pomegranate. The Koran Claims That The Forbidden Fruit Was A Banana. So Take Your Pick---adam's Apple, Adam's Pomegranate, Adam's Banana. Eve Clearly Chewed Before Swallowing.

I Think People Got In Touch With Me Either Knowing My Work, Or Probably More Frequently Just Knowing A Plot Or Sort Of Buzz About Something I Did And Sort Of Saying, "get That Guy That Writes The Crazy Stuff In Here."