There’s a kind of transcendental experience to be had while watching the skies; there’s also a lot of isolation that comes along with it. In his new book Master of Starlight, DW Ardern tells the story of Olivier, an astronomer who calls a Moroccan hotel home. Gradually, Ardern reveals the reasons for Olivier’s de facto exile at the same time as two important figures from his past re-enter his life. It’s an evocative, unpredictable character study, and I sat down with Ardern over coffee to learn more about it.
