Tim Rogers & Madeleine Gray review: Amitav Ghosh/Edwina Preston/Gwendoline Riley

About this episode

Kate and Cassie discuss three contemporary fiction works with guests Madeleine Gray and Tim Rogers.

In this episode, Kate and Cassie are joined by celebrated novelist Madeleine Gray and rock icon Tim Rogers for a wide-ranging discussion looking at three works of contemporary fiction: Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost Eye, a meditation on reincarnation and climate change; Australian writer and musician Edwina Preston’s Sororicidal, a sharp novel of sisterhood and rivalry; and English stylist Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House, a disquieting portrait of modern life in London. BOOKS Amitav Ghosh, Ghost-Eye (John Murray) Edwina Preston, Sororicidal (Picador) Gwendoline Riley, The Palm House (Picador) REVIEWERS Madeleine Gray — writer and critic, author of Green Dot and Chosen Family Tim Rogers — singer‑songwriter, actor and writer; frontman of You Am I and the Hard‑Ons , currently on a solo tour OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Britney Spears memoir Sinéad O'Connor, memoir Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca Edwina Preston, Not Just a Suburban Boy; Bad Art Mother Simon Mason, DI Wilkins Mysteries Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore Wayne Marshall, Henry Goes Bush Larry McMurtry, works Joe Boyd, And The Roots of Rhythm Remain CREDITS…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Evans, Cassie McCullagh

Guests: Madeleine Gray, Tim Rogers

Topics covered

• contemporary fiction
• sisterhood
• climate change
• reincarnation
• modern life

Keywords

• Amitav Ghosh
• Edwina Preston
• Gwendoline Riley
• fiction review
• sisterhood
• climate change
• London

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ghost-Eye, Sororicidal, The Palm House, Britney Spears memoir, Sinéad O'Connor, memoir, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, Not Just a Suburban Boy, Bad Art Mother, DI Wilkins Mysteries

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