The Faber Podcast 21: Francis Spufford & Norman Lebrecht

In our latest Faber Podcast we speak to Norman Lebrecht and Francis Spufford. They both address similar questions in their books: how do you capture the essence of real lives; how do you escape some of the constraints of conventional non-fiction and biography; and how can you borrow some of the novelist's techniques and still remain faithful to your subjects. In Why Mahler? and Red Plenty, Lebrecht and Spufford offer their own unique solutions ...