Michael Robotham & Geordie Williamson review: Steve Toltz/Ben Lerner/Siân Hughes

Memory, lost conversations and almost-fathers-and sons in Ben Lerner's Transcription; children divided by the throw of a dice, and that's just the start of it, in Steve Toltz's A Rising of the Lights; no such thing as unskilled labour, in Siân Hughes' No Such Thing as Monday, where a woman works as a drycleaner, trying desperately to rid herself of the stains of her childhood; new crime releases, and an Australian in Hollywood is reconsidered. Kate and Cassie with reviewers Michael Robotham and Geordie Williamson.BOOKSBen Lerner, Transcription, GrantaSteve Toltz, A Rising of the Lights, PenguinSiân Hughes, No Such Thing as Monday, PenguinTana French, The Keeper, Viking PenguinCandice Fox, Redbelly Crossing, PenguinPatricia A. O'Brien, Errol Flynn: The true story of Australia's Hollywood Icon, Allen & Unwin[Keep scrolling for other books and writers mentioned in the discussion]GUESTSMichael Robotham is an internationally-acclaimed crime writer whose books include the Joseph O'Loughlan and Evie Cormac series. His latest novel is The White Crow — and his next one, Tell Me Something True, will be his first to be set in AustraliaGeordie Wiliamson is a literary critic, writer and publisher at Picador, whose books include a critical study of Alexis Wright in the Black Inc Writers on Writers series; and The Burning Library — on neglected Australian writersOther books mentioned in the discussionKarl Ove Knausgård, worksRachel Cusk, worksW G Sebald, worksAlexander Kluge, worksDavid Foster Wallace, worksJonathan Franzen, worksWallace Stevens, worksLes Murray, worksSaul Bellow, worksPhilip Roth, worksP D James, worksAgatha Christie, worksSam Twyford-Moore, Cast Mates: Australian Actors in Hollywood and at HomeCREDITSPresenters: Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducers: Kate Evans, Sarah Corbett, Tracey TrompfSound Engineers: Craig Tilmouth, Roi HubermanA/ Arts Editor: Sarah Corbett