In his 2002 non-fiction collection Step Across This Line, he professes his admiration for the Italian writer Italo Calvino and the American writer Thomas Pynchon, among others.
W 2002 roku w zbiorze esejów Step Across This Line, pisarz wyznaje swój podziw m.in. dla włoskiego pisarza Italo Calvino oraz Amerykanina Thomasa Pynchona.