Marian Keyes: 'I haven’t owned a pair of flats in about 40 years'

'One of my ex-boyfriends said to me that you can strike a match on the sole of my feet – and he was right'

Marian Keyes heroine Rachel has a particular fondness for trainings – something not shared by the author 

Bestselling Irish novelist Marian Keyes has covered all kinds of addictions in her books over the years, but one of her few cravings these days is shoes.

In her latest book, Again, Rachel, the sequel to her bestselling novel Rachel’s Holiday, her eponymous heroine has a particular fondness for trainers, buying numerous pairs at a time.