A peripatetic hotel, a paddle steamer of dreams and a dastardly law firm, in Jock Serong’s Cherrywood; one of the 20th century’s top 10 all-star ‘leading’ murderers, and what it might mean to be close to him, in Malcolm Knox’s The First Friend; and spies, caves, lies and Neanderthals in Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake.

BOOKS

Malcolm Knox, The First Friend, Allen & Unwin

Jock Serong, Cherrywood, Fourth Estate

Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake, Jonathan Cape

GUESTS

Roanna Gonsalves, creative writing academic, writer whose books include the short story collection The Permanent Resident

Tom Wright, theatre writer and adapter; artistic associate, the Belvoir Theatre

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDPeter Carey, worksJoseph Conrad, Heart of DarknessJames Bradley, Ghost SpeciesJon Baptiste del Amo, Son of ManMichelle de Kretser, Theory and PracticeWilliam Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the WorldJosé Saramago, The Elephant's JourneyAdalbert Stifter, The BachelorsJonathan Raban, Soft City

CREDITS

Presenter, Kate Evans + Cassie McCullagh
Producer, Kate Evans + Sarah Corbett
Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth + Ann-Marie Debettencor
Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

1 John 2:15-17