My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that. (Philipp Meyer)

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

Philipp Meyer

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