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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Piper (view source)
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John Piper: That is a very difficult question! I hope I see people who are looking to be entertained and a little challenged by what they read. I write for anyone who enjoys a good yarn and I sincerely hope I deliver. The whole point is to hold my audience and open their minds to things they may not have imagined themselves.
* '''BB: [[Hibernia Unanimis : "Pro Deo, Rege et Patricia, Hibernia Unanimis" (For God, King and Country, Ireland is United) by John Piper|Hibernia Unanimis]] is an alternative history novel with some interesting extrapolations making it uncannily topical regarding the current European/Greek impasse. How long ago did you write it and how was the European backdrop (including a dictator-hungry Ireland) arrived at?'''
JP: The original concept came to me when I was about seventeen (a very long time ago!). I follow current affairs and I saw the Greek situation coming a while back. I have a number of contacts in Greece as well as other parts of the world, so I may have had the value of some ground level insight. Of course, I may yet be proved wrong! The dictator hungry Ireland was a concept of mine that pre-dated Gerry Adams coming to the fore in Irish politics.