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Best selling thriller author Harlan Coben spoke to 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake ahead of the release of his 33rd novel, The Match.

Nihal asked if it鈥檚 fair for fans to ask celebrities to stand for and support a social or political cause.

鈥淚 think that musicians have a platform, I don鈥檛 necessarily think that novelists do,鈥� Harlan said.

鈥淚f I come in overly moralizing or lecturing or any of that sort of thing, I lose whatever power I would have,鈥� he continued.

Harlan emphasizes that the 5-6 hours spent engrossed in a book is very different to a three minute song. 鈥淢usicians have been able to write songs, be it on the left or patriotic or whatever it is鈥�for a novelist it鈥檚 a tremendous danger.鈥�

This content is originally from Nihal Arthanayake on 15 March 2022.