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Book Club: Francis Spufford

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:30:05
Publish Date: 2026-02-26 03:00:00
Description:

Sam Leith's guest this week is Francis Spufford, whose fabulous new novel Nonesuch is a fantasy adventure set during the Blitz containing magical Nazis, nerdy TV techs and honest-to-goodness angels. He tells Sam about fantasy world-building and historical research, the pleasures and pitfalls of writing a female protagonist, why C S Lewis is as influential as Tolkien — and supersizing Dr Manhattan.


You can read Philip Hensher's review of Nonesuch here.


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