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Joining me for a two part  special is novelist and friend of the pod, Max Easton. In part 1, we discuss Max's new book, Paradise Estate, a sequel to his amazing debut The Magpie Wing. In part 2, we will discuss The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria.

This episode has a lot of writing talk, but we also discuss generational malaise, the horrors and the comedy of sharehousing, political dead ends, collectivism vs individuality, punk politics and aesthetics, why Matt hates anarchists, Current Thingism and how to write about it without succumbing to it, living life in a holding pattern, and more.

If you're American and want to buy Max's new book but don't want to pay for exorbitant postage, you can purchase the ebook here:
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Estate-Max-Easton-ebook/dp/B0CHK3XJYQ?ref_=ast_author_dp

If you're Australian, you can also purchase here:
https://giramondopublishing.com/books/max-easton-paradise-estate/

Follow Max on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/maxeaston__
Max's substack: https://mebarelyhuman.substack.com/

Getting Lit episode on Max's last book, The Magpie Wing:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lore-of-footy-feat-liam/id1571854866?i=1000567069928

Paradise Estate synopsis:

It’s 2022 and Helen is starting again. Newly single, dogged by grief, adrift in a hostile rental market, she finds a four-bedroom house flanked by apartment blocks that stare into the yard. Despite the lack of privacy, she fills its rooms with an unlikely group of residents looking for communal belonging: zine maker, activist, disaffected artist, part-time rugby league player – each looking to build a future, each haunted by their recent past. But if a rented house in Sydney could ever promise salvation, it would come with a coating of black mould.

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