• Alan Hollinghurst on Our Evenings: Acting, Aging, and Adventures in Wonderland

  • Sep 24 2024
  • Length: 38 mins
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Alan Hollinghurst on Our Evenings: Acting, Aging, and Adventures in Wonderland

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  • On this episode, we were joined by Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst to discuss his new novel, Our Evenings, releasing 3 October.

    Immersing us in the revolutionary world of British theatre in the 1960s, the novel follows Dave Winn, an English actor of Burmese descent, through his experiences of success and failure, love and heartbreak, acceptance and hatred, and a final coda that reshapes our entire understanding of this extraordinary story.

    Alan shares insights from his decades-long career of portraying queer life in Britain across the 20th and 21st centuries, highlighting how cultural and political shifts have influenced his storytelling.

    He also offers us a sense of both the attraction and repulsion that draws him toward a world of wealth and privilege, leaving his characters—and perhaps himself—on the outside, looking in.

    Hosts: Ryan Edgington and Matt Hennessey Producer: Lily Woods
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