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Emma Cline: ‘No one is a monster 24 hours a day, not even Harvey Weinstein’

The California-born author, whose work focuses on moral ambiguity, talks to EL PAÍS about why she is drawn to characters with a complex relationship to power

Alex Vicente

Paris, March 22, 2021

Emma Cline shot to fame aged 25, when she signed a $2-million (€1.7 million) deal to write three books following frenzied bidding by publishing houses. She has done little to disappoint since then, specializing in honing in on situations of extreme moral ambiguity with an unblinking stare.