S4 Ep42: Rumaan Alam, novelist
Update: 2021-12-10
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For the last episode of the fourth series of In Writing, Rumaan Alam joins me remotely from his house in Brooklyn, New York. Rumaan is the author of Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and most recently Leave the World Behind – a literary thriller about a family holiday that takes a sinister twist. (Leave the World Behind is set to become a Netflix movie, with Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali reportedly in lead roles.)
Rumaan talks to me about the lengthy preparation that allows him to write a first draft fast; how his omniscient third-person narrator helped him to manage the mystery at the heart of his book; and why he thinks most modern novels are too long.
Buy Leave the World Behind and browse other books by guests of this series at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/in-writing
Thank you to The Novelry for sponsoring this episode: https://www.thenovelry.com/
Rumaan talks to me about the lengthy preparation that allows him to write a first draft fast; how his omniscient third-person narrator helped him to manage the mystery at the heart of his book; and why he thinks most modern novels are too long.
Buy Leave the World Behind and browse other books by guests of this series at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/in-writing
Thank you to The Novelry for sponsoring this episode: https://www.thenovelry.com/
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