Comedian Maeve Higgins on Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, being an immigrant, and finding humor even in the most trying of times. To learn more about the books we discussed in this week's episode, check out Jay McInerney's Bright Lights Big City, Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City, Maeve Higgins' Maeve in America, Roald Dahl's Matilda, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and James and the Giant Peach, C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Mohsin Hamid's Exit West, and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. You can find transcripts of this episode and past ones on LitHub. Please fill out our survey at bit.ly/butthatsanothersurvey.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices