Nicole Flattery & Claire-Louise Bennett: Nothing Special
<p>New York in the late 1960s: Mae escapes a run-down an apartment, an alcoholic mother and her mother’s occasional boyfriend to a new life as a typist for Andy Warhol, transcribing conversations with his friends and associates to provide the material for an unconventional novel. A mordantly funny investigation of celebrity, obsession, womanhood and sexuality, <em>Nothing Special</em> (Bloomsbury) is itself an unconventional debut novel, following on from Flattery’s acclaimed short story collection <em>Show Them a Good Time</em>. </p><p>Nicole Flattery discusses her novel with Claire-Louise Bennett, author of <em>Pond</em> and <em>Checkout 19</em>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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New York in the late 1960s: Mae escapes a run-down an apartment, an alcoholic mother and her mother’s occasional boyfriend to a new life as a typist for Andy Warhol, transcribing conversations with his friends and associates to provide the material for an unconventional novel. A mordantly funny investigation of celebrity, obsession, womanhood and sexuality, Nothing Special (Bloomsbury) is itself an unconventional debut novel, following on from Flattery’s acclaimed short story collection Show Them a Good Time.
Nicole Flattery discusses her novel with Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond and Checkout 19.
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