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Chris Weitz talks about his YA novel, 'The Young World'
"I write lying down — much like Marcel Proust. The only thing I have in common with him," Chris Weitz says, laughing. Known as a director and screenwriter, Weitz has just published his first novel, "The Young World" (Little Brown: 384 pp, $19), a YA thriller set in a dystopic Manhattan. "It's a lot less recursive and reflexive than Proust," he notes. "There's a higher body count." In his book, a virus has wiped out all the adults and small children, leaving only teens. The survivors have formed regional tribes; the one based in Greenwich Village is led by slightly uptight teenager Jefferson and the sassy girl he pines for, Donna....
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