Elizabeth Day

I'm really proud of the fact that Justin and I created it together, that we have it.

And it represents so much for me.

Justin and I got married in 2020 and it's a second marriage for both of us.

And so we went through a lot of really bruising emotional years before we found each other.

And then to have a chance to build a partnership and reflect that in how you also decorate your home or how you are in it.

And I think that we are very good at compromising when it comes to taste.

I'm someone who historically had a love of a knick-knack and a trinket.

And he's someone who really admires the simplicity and minimalism of Japanese design.

And so coming together, there were definite moments where we had to compromise, both of us.

But we were so willing to do that.

I'll have to ask him.

I'm not sure that his pant drawer is something that Marie Kondo would be proud of.

So this book is special to me for a multitude of reasons.

It's an extraordinary novel.

It's epic.

It's personal in resonance.

It tells the story of sort of masters of the universe on Wall Street making millions.

And I first read it when I first went to America in my early 20s to visit a friend of mine who was studying out there.

And at that time, I was a young journalist, but I knew that I wanted to write books.

And I couldn't really work out how to make the leap.