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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 32 MIN

John Lanchester

from Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Journalist and author, John Lanchester, joins Simon and Matt to chat about his new darkly comic novel, 'Look What You Made Me Do' They dissect the characters in the novel, explore house ownership in the 90s versus owning property now and look at inter-generational tensions. John also talks about being an 'outsider' and writing from the perspective of having lots of different flags to wave. 'Look What You Made Me do' is one of Simon's favourite books of the year - and we hope you love it too!

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