Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my narrator Hannah, I'm a crime writer in my own peculiar way. Crime with a capital "C" is the subject that I'm stuck with - even Sway is about "crime" in a certain way. The nice thing about crime is that it enables you to deal with some big questioO
It's changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Communism is gone, so now the global war is framed in religious terms. Fundamentalist religion is rampant… - Zachary Lazar
It's changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Communism is gone, so now the global war is framed in religious terms. Fundamentalist religion is rampant…
- Zachary Lazar
Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my narrat… - Zachary Lazar
Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my narrat…
What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail … - Zachary Lazar
What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail …
In hindsight, I must have been looking for a way to write about Jewishness that somehow managed to minimize irony and self-deprecation. - Zachary Lazar
In hindsight, I must have been looking for a way to write about Jewishness that somehow managed to minimize irony and self-deprecation.
I love the rabbit hole. I spend a lot of time looking at images, Google mapping, etc. I also love to read court transcripts, FBI files, stuff like th… - Zachary Lazar
I love the rabbit hole. I spend a lot of time looking at images, Google mapping, etc. I also love to read court transcripts, FBI files, stuff like th…
I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try not to let the research become a… - Zachary Lazar
I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try not to let the research become a…
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