On this week’s show, Sian Cain, Claire Armitstead and Richard Lea discuss what they are reading. With Claire fresh from a Brian Aldiss binge, this leads to a debate on how to define science fiction. Is snobbery a big factor in how the genre is defined?
Then Richard sits down with Samantha Harvey, to talk about her fourth novel, The Western Wind. An unconventional murder mystery, The Western Wind sees a 15th-century priest turns detective in his tiny, isolated Somerset village when a man is swept away by a river. Starting four days after the death and moving backwards in time, Harvey’s latest novel is a complex portrait of a secretive community.
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