Known as “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Case “The Swiss Joël Dicker It brings a history of obsession and a major assault on “A wild animal “. After successful thrillers, the writer had to think of a story that would make the reader not think of dropping the book.
“It’s difficult to balance,” Dicker told the CNN When asked about the difficulty in avoiding clichés to keep the narrative interesting when developing a police romance. “You have to be authentic, realistic and different. And keeping remembering that it is at stake is the reader to consider that the plot is worth the reading time. ”
“I think the main thing is not to think about the aspect of a thriller to avoid doing it in an artificial way,” he continued. “You need to think otherwise: Before you find the right elements of a thriller, you need to put yourself in the position you absolutely want to know about a situation and what happened. And the way is to keep wondering [sobre a história]. If it’s a mystery of murder, it’s not about the murder, but about everything around. Why this person? Why now? Why there? And when you think about it, you build the mystery. ”
The main theme when writing a suspense, according to Dicker, appears after a writing time. “First it’s about the character, then the plot and then at some point you wonder: what are these people and this plot? Not just a murder, there is obviously things beyond that. ”
“One of the first things that appear to me is the characters, even before the main story and even before the development of the book. For me, writing is about understanding the character, ”he said.
Joël Dicker is a native of Switzerland, considered one of the world’s best quality of life countries. According to the 2020 Global Peace Index of the Institute of Economics and Peace, Switzerland is the 10th safest country in the world.
In this less violent context compared to other countries, how does this influence the thinking of a crime or murder? According to the author, “the more quiet, the better.”
“It’s better for a crime story because it means that the murder will have a greater impact on society. That is to say: a crime in New York, a superpulous city with many people and a high crime rate, will have a lesser impact than a crime committed in a small town where everyone knows everyone and nothing ever happens, ”he said.
“In a small town, everyone will be in shock because they knew the victim and each can be a suspect,” he said. Therefore, it is no wonder that the main moments of tension of the author’s new novel are between two houses, between two neighboring families, until a case of voyeurism becomes an investigation of a major robbery.
“A Wild Animal” by Joël Dicker
- Title: “A wild animal”
- Author: Joël Dicker
- Publisher: Intrinsic
- Number of pages: 400
- Year of publication in Brazil: 2024
This content was originally published in the author of “Harry Quebert Case” about suspense: “plot needs to be worth” on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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