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Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Scott Turow Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Ora Et Labora

Arts, Books, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8984 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Simon and Matt ask lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, questions about his processes and favourite authors. As well as learning about how he writes - and where - we also find out who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. There's also a surprise question from a global superstar author! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is our Q&A episode.

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I'm pleased to say international best-selling superstar author Scott Turo is still with us.

0:52.7

Scott's book is presumed guilty. Let's see how he does with these

0:56.4

questions. Scott, what was the last book that you really, really enjoyed reading? I think I have

1:03.4

two answers in terms of my recent reading. One is I was lucky enough to go to Havana recently,

1:10.1

so I reread Our Man in Havana by

1:12.7

Graham Green, and it's, you know, it's hard not to enjoy green on every single page. The wit and

1:19.8

inventiveness of this book was just, it kept me going all along. And then I read a novel called Tom Lake.

1:28.7

It would get put off as literary fiction by Anne Patchett.

1:34.3

And I just, there was something about the voice in that book that just compelled me from

1:40.6

beginning to end.

1:42.4

And knowing Anne a little bit, it really is kind of her voice, the way people will tell me

1:48.3

that presumed guilty is my voice.

1:50.4

But it has an authenticity that just gently ushers you through the book.

1:57.5

And that's Tom Lake, is it?

1:59.0

Tom Lake hasn't a name, Tom Lake.

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