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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2025 · 37 MIN

March Book Club with David Szalay: Great Opening Chapters, Mental Health & the UK's treatment of Immigrants

from A Pair of Bookends · host Hannah MacDonald

For our March Book Club episode Hannah was joined by Booker Prize shortlisted author David Szalay to discuss his latest book Flesh. Whilst they deep dive into the book, this chat is spoiler free. They chat about choosing to write a sad ending, featuring Covid in his book, the Immigrant experience and lots more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe. For more exclusive content you can find us over on Patreon. You can also follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X and Tik Tok. You can find David via Facebook. Books & other mentions in this episode: Flesh by David SzalayAll That Man Is by David SzalayThe Usual Desire to Kill by Camilla BarnesAlan HollinghurstThe Party by Tessa HadleyThank you so much for listening! Until next time, happy reading! 

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