Andrew Hunter Murray

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

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Arts, Books, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Author, podcaster and QI legend - Andy Hunter Murray - joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his latest novel, 'A Beginner's Guide To Breaking And Entering' They chat about his inspirations for the book, the anger behind it, how to make a social commentary through comedy - and why a character in the book hates Magic FM so much! Here's the book blurb: Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder.My name is Al. I live in wealthy people's second homes while their real owners are away.I don’t rob them, I don’t damage anything… I’m more an unofficial house-sitter than an actual criminal.Life is good.Or it was - until last night, when my friends and I broke into the wrong place, on the wrong day, and someone wound up dead.And now … now we’re in a great deal of trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Matt. Hello, Simon.
0:02.0	Yeah, I just wanted to pop in here to tell you about the Amazon Kindle Storyteller Awards.
0:08.0	Oh, they're back are they?
0:10.0	They are indeed. The award is open to anyone who has written an unpublished book and there's a chance to win 20,000 pounds.
0:17.0	20,000. Can anyone enter?
0:20.0	Yes, self-published authors both new and established in any genre can enter.
0:25.1	All you have to do is publish your book via Kindle Direct Publishing and make sure you do it by August 31st, 2025, which is this year.
0:34.1	It is. Let me write that down. August 31st, 2025. Got it. That is indeed this year.
0:40.9	For more information on how to enter and the good old teas and seas, go to amazon.com.uk
0:45.9	slash storyteller. That's amazon.com.uk slash storyteller. Yes. Keep up. Okay. Good luck.
0:54.8	The five pound meal deal from McDonaldet. Yes. Keep up. Okay, good luck. The £5 pound meal deal
0:56.2	from McDonald's.
0:57.3	Get a cheeseburger
0:58.0	or mayo chicken,
0:59.3	medium fries,
1:00.1	four McNuggets
1:00.8	and a medium soft drink
1:02.1	for guess what?
1:03.0	That's right,
1:03.8	five pounds.
1:05.8	It's not called
1:06.5	the £5 meal deal for nothing.
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