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Episode 160 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker
Episode 160 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker
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62 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2022
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Podcast episode
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In this interview British novelist, journalist and screenwriter Ned Beauman discusses his latest novel Venomous Lumpsucker-a brilliant, darkly satirical and terrifying novel about endlings (the last of a species), the manipulation of extinction credit markets... the elusive Hermit Kingdom: described by The Times Literary Supplement as “a tale of capitalism, penance and species extinction.” Fascinating, broad ranging discussion on extinction, literary fiction and the climate crisis, environmental satire, and the commodification of nature. Ned Beauman is a British novelist, journalist and screenwriter, the author of five novels; he was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta magazine in 2013. His latest is Venomous Lumpsucker, “a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller about environmental devastation and one very ugly little fish.”
Released:
Sep 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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