Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Alex Landragin discussing his debut novel Crossings.

Crossings presents itself as a collection of three short stories or novellas; The first a short story from the French poet Charles Baudelaire, entitled The Education of a Monster. The second ‘City of Ghosts’ is a dark romance and mystery set in Paris on the eve of German invasion. The final tells the tale of a mysterious being travelling through generations moving from body to body witnessing history unfold.

Delve beneath the surface however and a much stranger story, revealing an enduring love and a horrifying tale of revenge…