• David Whitehouse: About A Son

  • Feb 16 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
  • Podcast

David Whitehouse: About A Son

  • Summary

  • This episode features David Whitehouse discussing his Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted nonfiction book About A Son. It's about Colin Hehir's battle to know the truth about his son's murderer.

    The book is written in second-person, which we get into. We also discuss why David switched from novels to nonfiction, his start in men's magazines, how he got the material for this book, and finally ethics, including a decision by David which surprised me.

    You can buy David's books here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/about-a-son-a-murder-and-a-father-s-search-for-truth-david-whitehouse/7277920

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bed-david-whitehouse/3460206

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mobile-library-david-whitehouse/3501647

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-forgotten-david-whitehouse/165838

    David recommended Stay True by Hua Hsu, which is here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/stay-true-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-in-memoir-hua-hsu/7512493

    And you can buy my books here:

    https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-hankinson

    Thanks for listening.



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