There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’s like to fail and not having your new novel overshadowed by early literary promise Recently I was at a film event where I was introduced to a big producer by a very nice actor. The actor said, “this is Patrick, he h...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/09/patrick-freyne-experts-dying-field-debut-novelist-at-51)

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