This week, the trio discusses James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room discussing the different ways that the book made them feel and whether the book was his best work, or whether it's the book to start with when reading Baldwin.

Also:

What is the culture of Black British fiction nowadays?

Do all books need a plot?

Books this week:

• Kei Miller - Things I Have Withheld
• Kei Miller - August Town
• Hazel Hayes - Out of Love
• Rachel Cusk - Parade

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