Hilary Mantel Reveals Dislike Of Dickens

Hilary Mantel Reveals Dislike Of Classic Author
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Costa Novel of the Year winner Hilary Mantel attends a drinks reception at the 2012 Costa Book of the Year awards at Quaglino?s on January 29, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Costa Novel of the Year winner Hilary Mantel attends a drinks reception at the 2012 Costa Book of the Year awards at Quaglino?s on January 29, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)

The author, whose novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies both won the Man Booker prize, said she could not understand why he was so popular.

“I have a block about Dickens,” she said.

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