• My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

    Philipp Meyer: My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.
    Interview with Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14-21, 2010.