Book interview: Dublin solicitor’s ‘odd, childish sense of humour’ pays off with Mr Spicebag
Author of Mr Spicebag, Freddie Alexander. Picture Paul Sharp
Freddie Alexander is not a typical children’s writer. The 35-year-old Dublin-based solicitor was not a bookish child; he rarely reads these days — saying he simply doesn’t have the time, and there are no appropriately aged children in his life.
You’d think he didn’t have the recipe for success. Yet his debut children’s novel has everything a child could desire; it’s funny, sometimes dark, exciting and adventurous, and as a bonus, has elements that would appeal to adults tasked with reading the book out loud.
