A special episode: Anna chats with author Holly Gramazio about her debut novel THE HUSBANDS.

When Lauren returns to her flat in London one night, she finds a husband called Michael: the only problem is, she isn’t married. It turns out that her attic is producing an endless supply of husbands. An instant New York Times best-seller, we loved this genre-bending comedy.

Holly talks about her inspiration for THE HUSBANDS, why she loves attics and the unusual setting for her next novel.

Books discussed:

LOLLY WILLOWES by Sylvia Townsend Warner

THE SLEEPWATCHER by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

HEARTBURN by Nora Ephron

BLACK WATER SISTER by Zen Cho

THE STORY GIRL by Ellen Montgomery

VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER by C S Lewis

I WONDER AS I WANDER by Langston Hughes

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Anna and Geoff review OUR EVENINGS the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst. Dave Win is a Burmese-British actor reminiscing about his life, growing up as a gay man in the 1960s through to 2019. We loved the exact and beautiful prose but found it slow. The blurb also suggests a tension between Dave and bully Giles whereas the story is more of a (fictional) memoir of Dave and his mother. The Sunday Times called it 'the best novel that's been written about contemporary Britain in the past ten years.' An interesting read and much to discuss!

If you enjoyed this book, we recommend:
Garth Greenwell (his latest SMALL RAIN is on our TBR)
Alan Hollinghurst’s earlier work (Geoff’s favourite: THE FOLDING STAR)

Coming up:

THE HUSBANDS with Holly Gramazio

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Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

A special episode: Anna speaks with author Vaseem Khan about his new crime novel CITY OF DESTRUCTION.

This is the fifth in the Malabar House series set in 1950s Bombay after Partition. Persis Wadia is India’s first female police detective and is sent to work in Malabar House. In CITY OF DESTRUCTION, a gunman attempts to assassinate the Defence Minister at a political rally and Persis shoots him dead. The Minister wants war with Pakistan, MI6 agents are involved and Persis is sent to investigate another case. An intriguing mystery set against the backdrop of India’s history and written with warmth and wit. We loved it!

Vaseem recommends these crime series:

The Wyndham and Banerjee series by Abir Mukherjee

The Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr

Vaseem’s upcoming books are GIRL IN CELL A and QUANTUM OF MENACE, the first in a new series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise.

Coming up: OUR EVENINGS by Alan Hollinghurst

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