World Book Club by BBC World Service
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Percival Everett will be discussing his Booker-shortlisted novel The Trees. This powerful and fiercely funny satire centring on revenge and racial justice in America shifts genres between police procedural, magical realism and horror with wit and consummate skill. Percival Everett addresses some of America’s darkest history with an unusual mix of playfulness and political seriousness.
Previous episodes
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268 - Percival Everett: The TreesSat, 04 May 2024
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267 - Charlotte Wood: The WeekendMon, 01 Apr 2024
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266 - Ann Patchett: The Dutch HouseFri, 01 Mar 2024
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265 - MadridSat, 10 Feb 2024
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264 - Carlo Rovelli: Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsThu, 01 Feb 2024
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263 - Antonio Muñoz Molina: In the Night of TimeMon, 01 Jan 2024
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262 - Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaFri, 01 Dec 2023
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261 - AS Byatt - PossessionFri, 17 Nov 2023
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260 - Xiaolu Guo: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for LoversFri, 03 Nov 2023
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259 - Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayMon, 02 Oct 2023
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258 - Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's WifeFri, 01 Sep 2023
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257 - Pilar Quintana: The BitchTue, 01 Aug 2023
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256 - Sofi Oksanen: PurgeSat, 01 Jul 2023
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255 - Judith Kerr: When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitMon, 05 Jun 2023
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254 - Curtis Sittenfeld: PrepFri, 05 May 2023
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253 - Paul Theroux: Deep SouthSat, 01 Apr 2023
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252 - World Book Cafe: ParisSat, 18 Mar 2023
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251 - Marie Darrieussecq: Pig TalesSat, 04 Mar 2023
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250 - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen: Waking LionsSat, 04 Feb 2023
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249 - Anuk Arudpragasam: A Passage NorthSat, 07 Jan 2023
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248 - Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the RunawaysSat, 03 Dec 2022
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247 - Tahmima Anam: A Golden AgeSat, 05 Nov 2022
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246 - Brit Bennett: The Vanishing HalfSat, 01 Oct 2022
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245 - Ben Lerner: Leaving the Atocha StationSat, 03 Sep 2022
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244 - Yaa Gyasi: HomegoingSat, 06 Aug 2022
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243 - Mohsin Hamid: Exit WestSat, 02 Jul 2022
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242 - World Book Cafe: BrooklynSat, 18 Jun 2022
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241 - Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon SquadSat, 04 Jun 2022
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240 - Bryan Washington: MemorialSat, 07 May 2022
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239 - NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New NamesSat, 02 Apr 2022
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238 - Kiley Reid: Such a Fun AgeSat, 05 Mar 2022
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237 - Isabel Allende: Eva LunaTue, 08 Feb 2022
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236 - Naoise Dolan: Exciting TimesSat, 01 Jan 2022
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235 - Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of Black ConchSat, 04 Dec 2021
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234 - Burhan Sönmez: Istanbul, IstanbulSat, 06 Nov 2021
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233 - Wole SoyinkaTue, 05 Oct 2021
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232 - Maylis De Kerangal: Mend the LivingSat, 04 Sep 2021
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231 - Crime and Punishment: Fyodor DostoyevskyMon, 09 Aug 2021
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230 - Jane Harper: The DryWed, 07 Jul 2021
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229 - Manu Joseph: Serious MenThu, 10 Jun 2021
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228 - Louise Penny: Still LifeSat, 01 May 2021
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227 - Robert Seethaler: A Whole LifeSat, 03 Apr 2021
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226 - Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous ConditionsMon, 08 Mar 2021
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225 - Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small IslandSat, 06 Feb 2021
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224 - Sjón - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never WasMon, 04 Jan 2021
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223 - Yaa Gyasi: HomegoingSat, 05 Dec 2020
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222 - Yiyun Li: The VagrantsMon, 09 Nov 2020
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221 - Ali Smith: How to Be BothMon, 05 Oct 2020
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220 - Elizabeth Strout: Olive KitteridgeMon, 07 Sep 2020
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219 - Helen Garner: The Spare RoomSat, 01 Aug 2020
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