Thanks much Norm. That was a very interesting interview. I'm not fond of his books either but he is pretty interesting and has an interesting working methodology.

As someone who reads all of chucks books, and loves them, i'm glad you posted this. He has such elegant details in his books. Thanks norm

i actually have not read any of his novels, but i was sufficiently impressed by fight club that i read his interviews and i really like the guy, so this was a treat for me. more than the comments about writing in places with real drama, i liked how he described the process of becoming his dad ... and the anecdote of amputated arms!

What show is this?

that interviewer is the biggest tool in the world. Do people actually watch this show?

that interviewer is the biggest tool in the world. Do people actually watch this show?

The show is The Hour on Canada's national news, the CBC. www.CBC.ca/thehour

Yes, people watch the show, and yes people actually like George, the host of the show. He's not for everyone's tastes, but he's always got compelling guests, or at least knows how to get a good interview out of them. You'll never get the hard questions out of him, but you won't get schmultz either.

He used to be on much music, Canada's equivalent to MTV. The Hour is sort of a variety news show, part politics, part entertainment.

What show is this?

There is a link below the video

that interviewer is the biggest tool in the world. Do people actually watch this show?

Great comment. It was very clever the way you asked a question like you didn't know the answer already. We're all better off knowing how you feel. Thanks.

I've heard many writer interviews in which the interviewer asked a bunch of stock boring pointless questions. This guy asked good questions that tlead to a very interesting discussion. What's lacking in that, my fine feathered genius of probing commentary?

That's an absolutely horrible story about the limbs. Just horrible.

I love it immensely.

Good questions and thoughtful, creatively poignant answers, even though the host tends toward a consciously-hip Carson Daly vibe, with the flavor saver. Viscerally I didn't want to like him but he was OK.

I always wonder, where do you find a writer's workshop that isn't too much like a plodding and suffocating learning annex outpost?

George Used To Work For MuchMusic (Canadian MTV) And Used To Do Shows Like "The Punk Show", Etc. His Interview Style Gets At Interesting Stuff, And He's Not A Lightweight, Seeing As He's Interviewed Gore Vidal, P.J. O'Rourke, And George Galloway. I'd Rather Listen To Strombo Interview Someone Rather Than Wolf Blitzer, But That's My Personal View.

The host bugs me too, at a totally subjective, non-intellectually-defensible level. To me he seems like he's trying to sound more intelligent than he is. And also like he's trying to appear sympathetic and engaged, like a white guy version of Oprah -- the hand on the chin, the sincere gaze into the eyes of the interviewee. And yet I don't object to any of his questions in particular, which in a way makes it more annoying. If he was being an asshat I could just hate him.

Chuck's book "Survivor" is awesome and would appeal to people on this site. It's about a religious cult survivor. Fight club is also amazing, and then his books have become deemed by many (including myself) to have gotten chronologically less interesting from there.

aglee, thanks for the chuckle, I understand completely. Sometimes I wish Malloy was a right winger so I could just hate him. I can't stand his style but agree with his ideas. I hate his style so much I wish I could disagree and have a real hate-on for him. :)

Funny that comment about the interviewer. I was gonna write here about how I find the interviewer consistently excellent w/every interview I've seen posted here. He looks like he stepped off some MTV fratboy reality show, but I find his questions to be thoughtful, interesting, and anything but shallow.

What is the show and where did they find this guy? He's got a huge career in front of him, I think.

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chuck would be awesome on as dumbed-down an interview as larry king...it doesn't matter. as for the chonologically worse comment, have you read "Rant"? no...you just read the Wall Street Journal review right?

lemme know when you finish...