Country singer has a new CD out and is publishing his first novel. He talks about Treme, Harry Potter and why he dislikes the attitude of Cormac McCarthy.
Steve Earle might just get away with being cast as Rubeus Hagrid yet it still comes as a surprise to learn that one of America's renowned firebrand singers is a Harry Potter fan.
There's really no holding back Earle at the moment. His excellent new album is out in April, he's one of the guest television stars on HBO's acclaimed new series Treme and he's written his first novel, I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - also the title of his new CD.
The full-length novel seems to be the most challenging adventure - so what were his literary influences?
Earle, speaking from New York, told the Telegraph: "I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know. But I loved the Harry Potter books. When the Potter 'Phoenix' book was released in 2003 I was living with a woman and her 10-year daughter and we went out at midnight to get a new copy. There were kids lined up to buy a f------ book. I thought that was so cool. I know a lot of kids gave up on the Potter books but I read every one.
"I also tend to re-read the fiction I liked when I was younger, like Tolkien. I was that hippie generation, don't forget. The British artistic socialists tend to believe that George Orwell got f----- over when Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings beat 1984 to be named 'Book Of The Century' but maybe they forget Orwell renounced socialism before he died.
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