In this interview, Mark Haddon paints the novel as a boundless realm, where thoughts unfurl, and emotions take flight. He speaks of its unmatched power to plunge into the minds of characters, revealing the quiet tremors of their souls. With a novel’s fluid form, time bends, perspectives shift, and stories intertwine like rivers meeting the sea. It is, he muses, a vessel of empathy and shares an invitation to walk in another’s world, to feel, to dream and to understand.