Michael Magee with Nihal Arthanayake
Ask Penguin 
About this episode
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by debut novelist Michael Magee.</p><br><p>Michael joins us to discuss his critically acclaimed novel, Close to Home, which has already been shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.</p><br><p>The two also discuss how Michael's novel started off as a letter-writing exercise, approaching masculinity on his own terms, working alter egos into fiction, and how bleakness in working-class fiction works best when there is added levity.</p><br><p>Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and please do leave us a review – it really does help us. And finally, to find out more about the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/PenguinPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PenguinPodcast</a>, visit <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguin.co.uk%2Fpodcasts&token=6a9f1-1-1692730025511" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts</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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