Molly Friedrich is a literary agent with The Friedrich Agency. She says: ÒMy greatest four a.m. fear as an agent is that I might have turned away ULYSSES but IÕd never have missed A PASSAGE TO INDIA. Forty years ago, IÕd have leapt to sell anything that wasnÕt nailed down; over the years IÕve become more selective. Once starving, IÕm now rarely hungry. That said, IÕm still looking for the debut novel that is irresistible, for the non-fiction proposal which alters the way I see the world. IÕm a fairly catholic, straight-ahead reader; I donÕt flourish without well-rounded, declarative sentences!
Five non-agency books that I loved: BLACK SWAN GREEN, anything by Michael Pollan, THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU, THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW.Ó