How to Write Like TolstoyBy: Richard Cohen A Spectator Best Book of the Year This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader. It is filled with cogent examples and provoking statements. You will agree or quarrel with each page, and be a sharper writer and reader by the end. Hilary Mantel There are three rules for writing a novel, Somerset Maugham once said. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. So how to bring characters to life, find a voice, kill your