Talking To Author Selden Edwards

In the August issue, I had the pleasure of reviewing The Little Book, a strange, time-and-mind-bending novel about an aging American rock star waking up in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. It’s the perfect summer read, a historical mystery that puts the main character, Wheeler Burden, on the same streets as Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt, and an 8-year old child by the name of Adolf Hitler. What was even stranger was the book was written over a period of 33-years, completed after countless rejections and fitful starts and stops. I spoke to author Selden Edwards about his long labor of love. PLAYBOY: You took 33 years to craft this novel. Didn’t you dream of being a famous young writer?EDWARDS: Anyone who has written unpublished for long periods of time and has mailed out manuscripts knows the manic depressive nature of the... [read full story]