Historical fiction is having a moment, and at the forefront are two of 2023’s most hotly anticipated novels: Zadie Smith’s The Fraud and Adam Thirlwell’s The Future Future. Smith and Thirlwell discussed their approaches to fiction and the ways in which prose can ‘sandblast the dust off history’, as Polly Stenham writes about The Future Future.Buy The Fraud: lrb.me/thefraudBuy The Future Future: https://lrb.me/thefuturefutureFind more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.