At Fame’s Edge

“Marcus Sakey,” writes blogger John Kenyon in his interview today with the author of The Blade Itself and At the City’s Edge, “has quickly established himself as a writer willing to entertain and enlighten at the same time. There are plenty of writers out there who can create a masterful plot peopled by two-dimensional characters who fill roles. Sakey isn’t one of them. Sure, his tales are gripping, but these are fully realized 3-D people here, and the situations they encounter do more than raise the hairs on the back of your neck. If you’re paying attention, they raise your consciousness, too.” Kenyon goes on to ask the author about dealing with political and socio-economic issues, the transfer of books to film, and his decision--maybe not the right one--to fictionalize the neighborhood at the heart of his second novel.

Read the full interview here.