Paul Murray is a private person. This comes up a few times over the course of our conversation. His books take years to write and he is happiest in that space; working away quietly, just the words and him. But lately that has been impossible.
Because Murray's latest novel, The Bee Sting, is in contention for one of the world's biggest literary prizes, the Booker, and he's a man in demand.
When we meet for coffee, he is jet-lagged. He's back from a whirlwind trip to New York where he did a reading in Brooklyn and an event at New York University. When you read this, he will have just attended the Irish Book Awards on Wednesday night - where he won Novel of the Year - before flying to London early on Thursday.
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