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Bestselling authors Percival Everett and Andrew O'Hagan go head to head in a War of the Words, and discuss their brilliant new novels.
Percival's latest novel 'James' is a re-imagining of Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn', but set in 1861, whilst Andrew's latest work is a contemporary tale of class, money, greed and doing the right thing.
They discuss how characters form for them, why writing is torture and share some of the books they have been reading and enjoying recently.
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'The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson
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'The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy' by Laurence Sterne
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Bestselling authors Percival Everett and Andrew O'Hagan go head to head in a War of the Words, and discuss their brilliant new novels.
Percival's latest novel 'James' is a re-imagining of Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn', but set in 1861, whilst Andrew's latest work is a contemporary tale of class, money, greed and doing the right thing.
They discuss how characters form for them, why writing is torture and share some of the books they have been reading and enjoying recently.
THE BOOK OFF
'The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson
VS
'The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy' by Laurence Sterne
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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