So Late in the Day and other readings • Episode #151

Irish author #ClaireKeegan is widely regarded as one of the best writers working today. “Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving,” said Hilary Mantel of her work, while for Colm Toiíbín “Claire Keegan makes her moments real – and then she gives them of importance." High praise indeed, but what did our brand new podcast book club think of So Late in the Day, his most recently published short story? We will report back.

And we also round up some highlights from our recent reading piles, from JL Carr's meditative classic, A Month in the Country, to VE Schwab's latest fantasy novel, The Fragile Threads of Power.

Book list

So Late in the Day and Little Things Like These by Claire Keegan

The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt,

The road to the city by Natalia Ginsberg in the Storybook ND series

Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn

Miss Pym gets rid of Joséphine Tey

A month in the countryside, by JL Carr

Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy

The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab