The Big Idea: Arvind Ethan David

The world makes up stories and stories make up the world. Author Arvind Ethan David aims to challenge the narrative of some of these stories in the Big Idea for his newest novel, The Great Game. Follow along as he tells you about some of the greats, and questions if they’re really all they’re cracked up to be. ARVIND ETHAN DAVID: I Broke into Someone Else’s Universe. Here’s What I Found In The Great Game, my hero, Balvinder Dev Singh, an Indian war veteran and aspiring British barrister, comes head-to-head with Sherlock Holmes, Winston Churchill and a feral teenager who may or may not be John Clayton, Lord of Greystoke Manor. My intention in the novel was to write an original thriller that was both satisfying in its own right, and perhaps has something interesting to say about empire, colonialism and the canon of British imperial literature. Except, I knew I was running the risk that it might also look and sound a lot like fanfiction. In my writing career so far, I’ve spent a lot of…