Scott Jacobs: 'I made a few things up along the way'
This season we've already heard from Daisy Johnson and Judith Vanistendael. Over the next few weeks we'll be sitting down with Esther Karin Mngodo and Hannah Webb, but this time we welcome Scott Jacobs and his short story Be Careful Who Your Friends Are.
According to Jacobs, this curious tale was a "real-life experience".
"I changed the names, to protect the innocent," he says, "including the name of the restaurant."
But the last-minute invitation, the bottle of Primitivo, the bowler hat and that curious note were all drawn from life.
The story gave Jacobs a chance to examine the sharp…
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