This week’s novels takes us to Zanzibar, Budapest and Renaissance Florence
This week’s novels takes us to Zanzibar, Budapest and Renaissance Florence with Nobel Prize-winning English-Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft; while guest reviewers Tim Ayliffe reads Laurent Binet’s Perspectives; and Siang Lu reads David Szalay’s Flesh. BOOKS Abdulrazak Gurnah, Theft, Bloomsbury Laurent Binet, Perspectives (translated from the French by Sam Taylor), Harvill Secker David Szalay, Flesh, Jonathan Cape GUESTS Tim Ayliffe, journalist and crime writer – whose John Bailey series include the books The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy, and The Wrong Man Siang Lu, writes for film and TV and is also the author of the books Ghost Cities and The Whitewash OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Michael Connelly, works Leon Uris, works John Le Carre, works Stephen King, works Andrew O'Hagan, Caledonian Road; Mayflies Nick Cave and Swan O'Hagan, Faith, Hope and Carnage Sara Foster, When She Was Gone Camille Booker, The Woman in the Waves Natasha Rai, An Onslaught of Light Steve MinOn, First Name Second Name
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Show Notes
This week’s novels takes us to Zanzibar, Budapest and Renaissance Florence with Nobel Prize-winning English-Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft; while guest reviewers Tim Ayliffe reads Laurent Binet’s Perspectives; and Siang Lu reads David Szalay’s Flesh.
BOOKS
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Theft, Bloomsbury
Laurent Binet, Perspectives (translated from the French by Sam Taylor), Harvill Secker
David Szalay, Flesh, Jonathan Cape
GUESTS
Tim Ayliffe, journalist and crime writer – whose John Bailey series include the books The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy, and The Wrong Man
Siang Lu, writes for film and TV and is also the author of the books Ghost Cities and The Whitewash
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDMichael Connelly, works Leon Uris, worksJohn Le Carre, worksStephen King, worksAndrew O'Hagan, Caledonian Road; MayfliesNick Cave and Swan O'Hagan, Faith, Hope and Carnage Sara Foster, When She Was GoneCamille Booker, The Woman in the WavesNatasha Rai, An Onslaught of LightSteve MinOn, First Name Second Name