'December 2021 I talked to Christos Tsiolkas about his latest novel 7 ½. Russia had not launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine by land, sea, and air. Two weeks into a major war on the European continent and all cultural and political certainties have vanished. The left and woke are confused, as are the nationalist right, it is this type of confusion, which much of 7 ½ deals with in the context of a novel.' (Introduction)
