<p><strong>Book Club #93&nbsp;- Weirdo </strong>-&nbsp;Richard talks to comedian, presenter and now novelist,&nbsp;Sara&nbsp;Pascoe about her fabulous debut novel&nbsp;Weirdo. They talk about the difficulties of writing a novel, the joy of when the character starts writing it for you, the unreliable narrator and a possibly unlikeable protagonist, plus all the paranoid and weird delusions that swim around in (presumably) all of our heads and how often they have an arrogance that presumes others are prepared to pay billions to keep up the pretence, how we stick in relationships that are no good for us, why trolls need to turn the light on themselves, whether you’re being spied on by robot cats, if you have free will and much more.</p><br><p>Buy&nbsp;Sara’s book here - <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/weirdo-unlike-many-debut-novels-this-one-will-stick-with-you-for-a-long-time-guardian-sara-pascoe/7619992" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/weirdo-unlike-many-debut-novels-this-one-will-stick-with-you-for-a-long-time-guardian-sara-pascoe/7619992</a></p><p>Or the audiobook here - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Weirdo/dp/B0C78GZQK9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Weirdo/dp/B0C78GZQK9</a></p><br><p>See Rich's stand-up tour Can I Have My Ball Back - <a href="https://richardherring.com/ballback/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://richardherring.com/ballback/</a></p> <p>Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp">https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp</a>.</p>

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe and Fuzz Productions

RHLSTP Book Club 93 - Sara Pascoe

APR 19, 202447 MIN
RHLSTP with Richard Herring

RHLSTP Book Club 93 - Sara Pascoe

APR 19, 202447 MIN

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<p><strong>Book Club #93&nbsp;- Weirdo </strong>-&nbsp;Richard talks to comedian, presenter and now novelist,&nbsp;Sara&nbsp;Pascoe about her fabulous debut novel&nbsp;Weirdo. They talk about the difficulties of writing a novel, the joy of when the character starts writing it for you, the unreliable narrator and a possibly unlikeable protagonist, plus all the paranoid and weird delusions that swim around in (presumably) all of our heads and how often they have an arrogance that presumes others are prepared to pay billions to keep up the pretence, how we stick in relationships that are no good for us, why trolls need to turn the light on themselves, whether you’re being spied on by robot cats, if you have free will and much more.</p><br><p>Buy&nbsp;Sara’s book here - <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/weirdo-unlike-many-debut-novels-this-one-will-stick-with-you-for-a-long-time-guardian-sara-pascoe/7619992" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/weirdo-unlike-many-debut-novels-this-one-will-stick-with-you-for-a-long-time-guardian-sara-pascoe/7619992</a></p><p>Or the audiobook here - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Weirdo/dp/B0C78GZQK9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Weirdo/dp/B0C78GZQK9</a></p><br><p>See Rich's stand-up tour Can I Have My Ball Back - <a href="https://richardherring.com/ballback/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://richardherring.com/ballback/</a></p> <p>Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp">https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp</a>.</p> <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>