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Tom's Book Club
Hosted by Thomas Watters · EN
Tom’s Book Club is a weekly books podcast featuring in-depth conversations with leading contemporary authors. Each episode features a focused, in-depth conversation with the authors behind the most talked-about new fiction, exploring the ideas, craft, and real-world questions that shape their work. Recent guests include Booker Prize winners George Saunders and Howard Jacobson, alongside bestselling writers and emerging voices from across the literary world. Subscribe for thoughtful author interviews, new book recommendations, and a closer look at the stories everyone’s talking about.
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Andrew Sean Greer on Villa Coco
Jun 900:18:05Tap to summarizePulitzer Prize-winning author Andrew Sean Greer discusses his new novel, Villa Coco.Set in the Tuscan countryside, the novel follows a young American who finds himself working for an eccentric ninety-year-old Baronessa and drawn into a world of friendship, mystery and unexpected adventure.Andrew talks about the real-life experiences that inspired the book, writing comedy, creating memorable characters, balancing charm with emotional depth, and why he wanted to write a novel that brings readers joy. He also reflects on the influence of Graham Greene, whether there could be another Arthur Less novel, and what it was like to win the Pulitzer Prize for Less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Maggie O'Farrell on Land
Jun 200:17:32Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Tom’s Book Club, Maggie O’Farrell discusses her new novel Land, a haunting historical novel set in post-Famine Ireland about memory, buried histories, family and survival.Maggie talks about the delayed train journey that first sparked the idea for the book, the real family history that informed the story, researching cartography and the Ordnance Survey, and writing a novel shaped by folklore, ghosts and the lingering scars of the Great Hunger.Plus, Maggie reflects on the extraordinary journey of Hamnet from bestselling novel to Oscar-nominated film adaptation, including her experience co-writing the screenplay and attending the Academy Awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Alexander Starritt on Drayton and Mackenzie
May 2600:15:28Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Tom’s Book Club, Alexander Starritt discusses his novel Drayton and Mackenzie, an ambitious and deeply human story about friendship, ambition, and the desire to leave a mark on the world.The novel follows James Drayton and Roland Mackenzie, two former university acquaintances whose very different paths through adulthood become unexpectedly entwined. Set against the backdrop of the financial crash and the rise of the modern tech world, the book charts decades of friendship, reinvention, and uneasy success.In this conversation, Alexander Starritt talks about the real-world backdrop, capturing the mindset of tech entrepreneurs and founders and exploring modern male friendship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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