Book club
Hosted by John Mullan, professor of English at University College London, the Guardian's Book Club examines a book a month, via a weekly column in the Guardian Review. The first three weeks discuss the book in question; the final column consists of a selection of your comments from the Book Club blog
Eimear McBride: how I wrote A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
The author on how Lars von Trier, James Joyce and Sarah Kane’s uncompromising brutality all inspired her to explore a new immersive style
Colm Tóibín: how I wrote Nora Webster
The novelist on thinking about the book every day for a decade and how listening to Beethoven helped him capture a widow’s loss
Bill Bryson: 'I do think Britain is a perfect size'
Bill Bryson: ‘It feels as if Britain is permanently in an age of austerity’
Robert Harris: why I write political fiction
The bestselling novelist on conspiracies, swindles, his novel Imperium and how certain rules and themes in politics remain constant whatever the era
Jonathan Franzen: ‘Modern life has become extremely distracting’
The author on the ‘meaningless noise’ that pours through the internet, the writing of his fourth novel, Freedom, and the death of his friend David Foster Wallace
Sarah Waters: ‘I wanted The Paying Guests to be sexy without being a romp’
The author became fascinated by class and gender in two murder cases and wrote a morally complex novel with the tension of a thriller about decent people doing stupid things
Guardian Book Club: John Banville on Philip Marlowe
Join Booker winning novelist John Banville for a discussion of Raymond Chandler’s iconic private detective, Philip Marlowe
Kazuo Ishiguro: how I wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks
The author reveals how the Tom Waits song Ruby’s Arms served as inspiration for his Booker prize-winning classic novel
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day
Join the author for a discussion of his Man Booker winning novel The Remains of the Day at a Guardian Live event on 4 December
John Mullan on William Gibson’s Neuromancer – Guardian book club
A new vocabulary for a transformed reality: the deeply influential cyberpunk classic, 30 years on from its original publication. By John Mullan
James Ellroy on The Black Dahlia – Guardian book club
The Black Dahlia was inspired by the murders of a young woman – and James Ellroy’s mother
Robert Macfarlane on The Old Ways – books podcast
John Mullan on The Black Dahlia – Guardian book club
Book Club with James Ellroy
Join the American writer for a discussion of his LA crime classic The Black Dahlia with John Mullan
Robert Macfarlane on The Old Ways – Guardian book club
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Americanah – books podcast
John Mullan on The Old Ways – Guardian book club
Robert Macfarlane invokes literary precedents to describe the journeys he has undertaken and to re-experience them. By John Mullan
Book Club with Robert Macfarlane
Join the travel writer for a discussion of his celebrated book The Old Ways at Kings Place on 29 July
Jo Nesbø on the Harry Hole detective series – books podcast
The multimillion-selling author visits the book club to talk about his novel The Redbreast, maverick detectives, and manipulating readers
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