blake morrison has packed a lot into his career.r newspaper literary editor, he became a full—time writer in 1995 and has gone on to publish award—winning novels, poetry and nonfiction. he's probably best known for his bestselling memoir, "and when did you last see your father?", which was turned into a film starring colin firth. so, perhaps it is entirely fitting that his latest novel is about writers. the executor follows a man who becomes the literary executor of an old friend and poet, and the moral dilemmas he faces when he uncovers unpublished and potentially explosive material. blake morrison, the executor raises a whole host of ethical issues, not least of which is what's more important, the right to privacy or the right to freedom of expression? what was the starting point for the novel? i suppose i have been very conscious in recent years of a lot of controversies about writers publishing stuff that other people perhaps, members of the family, feel is painful, exposing, that they don't like. sometimes they seek legal actio