Man Booker winner George Saunders on the afterlife and swimming in monkey poo

I was so taken with Lincoln In The Bardo when I reviewed it that I jumped at the chance to interview George Saunders. That was months ago, though, long before the American author’s Man Booker Prize win last month, and before the world began clamouring for his attention. (See the 10/10 review here.)

He remembered us in the end, though, and kindly sat down at an electronic device somewhere in the midst of his whirlwind travels to reply to our e-mailed questions.