![]() ![]() “I really wouldn’t like to say how much coffee I drank over the course of the book! Probably dangerous levels,” Pulley reflects. With another two novels in the works, how has she has kept up the necessary level of self-discipline. The deal with Bloomsbury went through before she went to Japan – “I think about two years ago now I knew this was coming for a long time.” ![]() The Watchmaker of Filigree Street started life as a short story “one Christmas eve six or seven years ago.” By the time Pulley started her masters in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, she had already completed a first draft of the novel, which was revised and built upon in response to peer feedback. The debut novelist is funny and thoughtful in our phone conversation, giving each question due consideration and occasionally inserting one of her own – the chance to quiz a reader is an enticing one. If a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane – well, then, what if there were two butterflies, or none? What multiple fates might hang upon the stroke of a butterfly’s wing? The future is uncertain and unfixed, and the smallest chance may alter everything. Natasha Pully's The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a beguiling, occasionally disturbing tale, exploring the nature of genius and human flaws, of possibility and the nature of free will. ![]()
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