Douglas Kennedy and John Lanchester (There are five rules for writing a novel...and nobody knows what they are)

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03/07/19 • 46 min

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Authors Douglas Kennedy and John Lanchester put Homer's Odyssey up against Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, as well as discussing great cinema, how generations have changed emotionally and what our world might look like in 20 years time. Spoiler - it's not good.

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