David Goodwillie

David Goodwillie

on love / litterature

interview by SABINE HELLER
portrait by FRANCES TULK-HART

 

American novelist David Goodwillie has published only two books, both of which reached immediate acclaim. First, he published his memoir, Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, in which he chronicles the various jobs he’s held — professional baseball player, private investigator, Sotheby’s auction house expert, Internet entrepreneur and hard-nosed investigative journalist who exposes the Italian Mafia’s activities in Manhattan’s garment industry. Then, he wrote his first novel, American Subversive, a literary thriller that doubles as social satire in its clever exploration of revolutionary behavior in an empty age. Goodwillie is in the process of writing his third book, a novel about love’s struggle to sustain itself in a self-obsessed digital age.

SABINE HELLER — Why did you choose to publish a memoir before writing your first novel?
DAVID GOODWILLIE…