Booker magic with Ian McEwan, Percival Everett and Jay Carmichael

19/09/2022 1h 0min
Booker magic with Ian McEwan, Percival Everett and Jay Carmichael

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Shortlisted Booker author Percival Everett kicks off our Booker Prize coverage with a discussion of The Trees and former Booker winner Ian McEwan reveals that his latest novel, Lessons, is his most personal work and certainly his longest.  Also, Jay Carmichael explains how he went beyond the archive for his second novel, Marlo, on gay relationships in 1950s Australia.