The Joys of Plenty | Books
An abundance marks Ann Patchettâs fiction and also her candour.
When Ann Patchett finished an early draft of her latest novel, The Dutch House, she had set 150-odd pages of it in Calcutta. "India is fascinating to me and I had pictured that one-third of the book would take place there, and then it totally failed. I was awful at it." Patchett, strangely, has never visited the country. She likes to do her research after her writing is done.
When reading , you feel certain Calcutta wouldn't fill a blank. Patchett doesn't leave
