Tom Rachman on inhabiting the roles of others in The Imposters

In this episode recorded in-person in Kobo's new office in downtown Toronto, Nathan spoke with novelist Tom Rachman, author of books including The Imperfectionists and The Italian Teacher. It's our first in-person episode of Kobo in Conversation since 2020—and that's why it sounds a little different from the episodes we've been making over Zoom over the past few years.  The Imposters is a novel about a novelist, but a novelist unlike most you'll meet in fiction. Dora Frenhofer was once successful and well-known, but that was some time ago; we meet her in old age, as she feels some cognitive decline that probably stands out a little more to a person who trades on feats of imagination and memory—and though she'd be the first to declare that the world doesn't need another Dora Frenhofer book, she's pushing herself to finish this one final novel. Tom Rachman on inhabiting the roles of others in The Imposters