
Spectator Books: love, death, and loss with Max Porter
Best of the Spectator · The Spectator
March 6, 201926m 11s
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Show Notes
In this week's books podcast Sam talks to Max Porter, former publisher at Granta and author of the prizewinning debut <em>Grief Is The Thing With Feathers</em>, about his brilliant new novel <em>Lanny</em> (reviewed by Andrew Motion <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/love-death-and-loss-in-a-small-village-lanny-reviewed/">here</a>). He asks: why are we used to novels having 15 page boring bits? What does the Green Man myth, and myth in general, have to offer readers? How do you convey the white noise of a village's chatter on the page? And which Thomas brother is the best: Dylan or RS?
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