Making a novel: or, how, following the book of Judith, I devised a story of the suburbs, and with the help of the coconut palm, cargo ship, and centaur, thrice wrote Hoppla!

Moving back and forth between detailed explanation and personal anecdotes, Gerard Gavarrys Making a Novel is partly a memoir of a writers life and partly a memoir of his work, showing us how every story, no matter how well-planned, could always have been written countless other ways.