Its James first foray into the fantasy world, professionally-speaking, but hes no newbie to the genre.

The first things I read were comics and fables and fantasy, for a lot of reasons including boredom.

I grew up in the suburbs!

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I suddenly knew what this trilogy was: It was three different witnesses telling the same story.

He emphasized that hes constantly surprised by the direction his plots take and the decisions his characters make.

God BlessBreaking Bad, but I never know how anything is going to end, he laughs.

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But now, truth becomes the readers job.

[They ask] which are the versions I should believe?

And Im like, Im not telling you!

you’re able to believe any one you want.

For more from Marlon James, check out his interview onShelf Life on EW Radio.