For the past little bit, the proprietors of Tingle Alley and Rake’s Progress have been confabbing about Salvador Plascencia’s novel The People of Paper. Today we’re pleased to have the author and the book’s editor, Eli Horowitz , stop by. The Rake serves up the questions. Sal brings the discussion around to that Ben Marcus/J-Franz essay in Harper’s*, Eli talks about the tricks involved in transferring the book’s “typographical kookiness” to the page and then touches on a couple points in the past week’s conversation. (Catch up on the People of Paper dialogues here; scroll up from the bottom.)

Later today, probably late morning EST, we’ll be giving away three more copies of the novel — we’re the People of Complimentary Copies.

Giveaway-a-rama begins: All right, it’s 11:50 by my clock (you on the West Coast should have had your Peet’s by now). First three people to email caafrye at tinglealley dot com with “People of Paper” in the subject line will have a copy of the novel mailed to them. Also, please include your mailing address in the email.

Many thanks to PGW, the book’s distributor, for providing the bookish booty.Update: Wow, that was a little crazy. Y’all like the free stuff. The three copies go to Michelle L. of Brooklyn; Trevor J. of Iowa City; and Steve G. of “he forgot to send his mailing address”. Everyone else, head to the bookstore or library — it’s worth it. I swears.

* (Tingle Alley just secured a copy of the article at lunch today. More soon.)