Episode 6: The Writings on the Wall (with DBC Pierre and Andrew Paxman)

Booker Prize winning novelist DBC Pierre tells us how growing up in Mexico influenced his writing. We also speak to the historian Andrew Paxman about his new biography of William Jenkins, an American entrepreneur who became the richest man in Mexico.

His book "Jenkins of Mexico" is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Jenkins-Mexico-Southern-Mexican-Magnate/dp/0190455748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499629821&sr=8-1&keywords=jenkins+of+mexico