In philosophy you deal with questions like: We're sitting at this table, but is the table real?' A daft question, but in studying philosophy, you need to take that sort of thing seriously and have an off-the-wall imagination. "There is a real connection between philosophy and fiction. He believes the choice shaped his future as a writer. He then studied philosophy at University College a seemingly surprising choice for the son of a tax inspector, but an obvious one for Ken given his religious upbringing and the many questions he had as a result. When he was ten his family moved to London, where he completed his schooling. Without free books I would not have become a voracious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer." "I didn't have many books of my own and I've always been grateful for the public library. He began reading at an early age books became his greatest pleasure and the local library his favourite place. The young Ken's sources of entertainment were the many stories told to him by his mother - and the fantasy and adventure he created in his own imagination. In post-war Britain, not only were toys a scarcity for the Follett children, but their devoutly religious parents did not permit them to watch television, go to the cinema or even listen to the radio. Ken was born in Cardiff, Wales on 5 June 1949, the first of Martin and Veenie Follett's three children.
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