What are the best novels about infidelity? With Sophie Mackintosh
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<p>What’s the difference between flash fiction and the short story? Why are we drawn to literature’s most flawed characters? And what would be the ideal fictional world for adulterers? </p><br><p>Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, on this episode of <em>Ask Penguin</em>, we’re answering your questions with our best book recommendations and talking to Booker Prize-longlisted novelist Sophie Mackintosh about her new novel <em>Permanence</em>. The book follows Clara and Francis – a couple in love, but in secret. When they wake in a strange city, they can finally be together. But as they move between this world and their ordinary lives, cracks begin to show, and they are forced to ask - how long can their love survive? </p><br><p>Discover all the books mentioned in this episode <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/the-best-novels-about-infidelity-ask-penguin-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p>Sophie Mackintosh is the author of four novels, including <em>The Water Cure </em>and <em>Cursed Bread. </em>She has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Women's Prize, has won a Betty Trask Award, and has been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been published in <em>Granta, The White Review </em>and <em>TANK </em>magazine<em> </em>among others. </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> </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>
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