The Good Books, JD Kirk: 'If a book hasn’t grabbed me by 100 pages, I ditch it' - Scottish Field

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The Good Books, JD Kirk: 'If a book hasn’t grabbed me by 100 pages, I ditch it' - Scottish Field

Barry Hutchison, aka JD Kirk, on falling in love with Terry Pratchett’s work aged 11, being inspired by Neil Gaiman and why he ditches a book if he’s not grabbed after 100 pages.   The first book I remember reading: Wagstaffe the Wind-Up Boy by Jan Needle. I had mostly read comics until that point, but my local librarian managed to wean me off The Beano for long enough to press the book into my hands. I probably read it ten times over the next c…