23 Jun Are all happy families really the same?
Tuesday 25th September: 1930 – 2030
Authors: Patrick DeWitt and Ben Markovits
Chair: Lisa Appignanesi
Patrick DeWitt, shortlisted for many awards including the Man Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governer General’s Award, returns on sparkling form with French Exit, a wonderful novel of manners, a tragicomedy that travels from New York City to Paris. Ben Markovits’ Essinger family, the focus of A Weekend in New York, gathers for the US Open to see a beloved scion play for the final time. These two brilliant and dazzling novelists take us from North America to Paris and back again, in keeping with our Festival America transatlantic themes.
They will be in conversation with Canadian-born Lisa Appignanesi, whose most recent book Everyday Madness (Fourth Estate) also grapples with themes of death, grief and love.
Tickets: £5 admission
£30 including French Exit and Weekend in New York
Books included in the ticket price can be collected on the night. Further books will be on sale at Waterstones Trafalgar Square.
Venue: Canada House
Books included in the ticket price can be collected on the night. Further books will be on sale at Waterstones Trafalgar Square.