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Road rage and hot air balloons: Jessie Burton’s diary

The author of The Miniaturist on horse-racing, solitariness, editors and Twitter

1 August 2015

9:00 AM

1 August 2015

9:00 AM

The week starts well. My debut novel, The Miniaturist, is a year old. On the anniversary of its publication, my friend Patrick the bookie sends me a message to say a horse called Miniaturist is running at Sandown. I’m not normally a betting woman, but I decide to have a punt.

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