What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee

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<p>Has modern forensics taken away the power of the murder mystery genre? How does a career in corporate finance prepare you to write about a killer? Is narrative voice more important than plot? And is there really such a thing as a reliable narrator?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode of Ask Penguin, Rihanna Dillon sits down with bestselling author and crime fiction favourite <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/235216/abir-mukherjee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abir Mukherjee</a> to discuss his new Mumbai-set satire <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442871/the-pinnacle-by-mukherjee-abir/9781787302747" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Pinnacle</em>,</a> alongside brilliant book recommendations from Abir and the Penguin team.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Discover all the books mentioned in this episode <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/whats-wrong-with-reading-to-look-smart-with-abir-mukherjee/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p><strong>About the book</strong>&nbsp;</p><p>George Abercrombie, a washed-up American heart-throb, hates India, even from the rarified heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the Pinnacle, Mumbai’s grandest luxury skyscraper. When George wakes from a drunken stupor to find his wife Sweety murdered in their bedroom, he knows he will be the prime suspect. Welcome to <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442871/the-pinnacle-by-mukherjee-abir/9781787302747" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Pinnacle</a>. A place where murder meets luxury and the world’s most privileged depend on the most desperate.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>About the author</strong>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/235216/abir-mukherjee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abir Mukherjee</a> is the bestselling author of the award-winning <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/SAMWYN/wyndham-and-banerjee-series" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wyndham &amp; Banerjee series</a> of crime novels set in 1920s India and the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025 <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442833/hunted-by-mukherjee-abir/9781529933529" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hunted</em></a>. His books have been translated into sixteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen, and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p>For more information about the National Year of Reading, click here <a href="https://goallin.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goallin.org.uk</a>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>