Reply To: The Grey Wolf questions for Louise Penny
Great questions already posed! I’m curious about all of that as well. As a lot of things I would want to know right now might possibly be answered in The Black Wolf, I’ll focus on things that have crossed my mind –like did you do “field trips” to the various real eating establishments mentioned in The Grey Wolf? If so, is that a difficult thing to accomplish, due to your fame? And is it difficult to decide how much time to devote to each character in the story, knowing that so many are so beloved and we as readers love to read about them? (I do understand that depending on the story line, sometimes some characters have to be left to cameos at best, but full confession– I was absolutely delighted that this book had so much involving Armand and Jean-Guy, and Isabelle, and that Reine-Marie, Daniel, Ruth, and the other villagers still played smaller, yet very important parts in the narrative, though I did miss seeing more of Jean-Guy with Annie and his kids. Yes, I’m greedy, I know! I’m not complaining, though. Their presences were felt, and I think the book was very emotionally satisfying as far as all “my people” were concerned).
