I always read the Afterwords in books. I like knowing what bit of stray inspiration sparked a novel, or what random collision of events spawned a tale. (I remember reading Joe Hill's
Heart-Shaped Box and thinking he'd read the same eBay listing I had, a listing where a woman was offering her father-in-law's suit for sale because her kid was afraid of his ghost. I've never seen an interview where he talks about it, but I'd bet that's where he got the idea.)
In school we always get the bare bones explanation for where Shakespeare got his plots but they never explained that
King Lear is actually related to Cinderella, as
Shakespeare's Storybook does. I read that in the book blurb and now I HAVE to get
this book.
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