The closest most of us get to our favourite authors is reading their books. But some people insist on stalking their idols to their front doors ... and beyond. Alan Taylor explores our fascination with the homes of the famous, while Rob Fletcher and Ajay Close recount their experiences of living with literary ghosts
AS the proliferation of property programmes illustrates, our appetite for looking at other people's houses is insatiable. Show me a lighted basement window and I will show you an unmissable opportunity, a temptation too far. Open a door and watch the crowds file in.
