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In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s latest in the Slough House series, Clown Town, with guest Sam Leith. We talk about Herron and Wind in the Willows, whether he’s diving into Richard Osman territory, and that shocking turn of events at the end of the book.

Plus how to deal with Herron’s dry wit when interviewing him, poetry’s influence on Herron’s writing and pondering the end of the Slough House series.

All that and more in this episode!

Sam’s writing at The Spectator – https://spectator.com/writer/sam-leith/?edition=us

Sam’s Substack – https://samleith.substack.com/

Sam’s book The Haunted Wood – https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-haunted-wood/

Sam’s podcast The Spectator’s The Book Club – https://spectator.com/podcasts/book-club/?edition=us

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