{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6a316ce99b6fd8dcabb343b5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"SUMMER SPECIAL: Lee Child on Jack Reacher, AI & Reading in Prisons","description":"<p>Philippa is joined by the legendary <strong>Lee Child</strong> — creator of Jack Reacher, published in over 120 countries with more than 40 million books sold — for this summer special. They cover holidays, the Reacher handover to brother Andrew Child, artificial intelligence, and why literacy in prisons matters more than you might think.</p><p><strong>☀️ Holiday Chat</strong></p><p>Lee hasn't had a proper holiday in 10 years — when you've been on 70 planes in a single year, home starts to look like a very good option. He and Philippa discuss:</p><ul><li>Why 40% writing and 60% promotion means travel has lost its appeal</li><li>Dream holiday: two weeks in Antigua with a book a day plus a 25% margin for ones he doesn't get on with</li><li>The accidental best holiday of his life — a British Airways voucher, a paper ticket, a pilot who said \"you're here, let's go,\" and a tiny Cessna to an almost uninhabited Bahamian island</li><li>The villa in Tobago that promised a cook and delivered disappointment</li><li>The Soviet Union trip he always wanted but never took — and why a Russian jail would be his true holiday nightmare</li><li>Reading on the beach with the \"commentary track\" switched on — and the moment in <em>Seven</em> that made him think \"they wouldn't dare\" and then they did</li></ul><p><strong>🎙️ Jack Reacher: Exit Strategy &amp; Chain Reaction</strong></p><p>Lee explains the creative handover to his brother <strong>Andrew Child</strong>, why it was never really a handover at all, and how the two of them have always been on the same wavelength — sometimes literally finishing each other's sentences about Russian oligarchs falling from windows.</p><p>They discuss:</p><ul><li>How Andrew is now doing \"all the hard work\" while Lee does \"the fun work\" — which is just talking</li><li>Why Lee stopped writing when he felt he was running out of gas, and why he'd rather stop than phone it in</li><li>The brilliant passive opening of <em>Exit Strategy</em> — a note slipped into Reacher's pocket in a coffee shop</li><li>Why Reacher works as a proxy for every reader who's ever wanted to help but couldn't</li><li><em>Chain Reaction</em> (out 20th October): a tech town, solar farms, data centres, and Reacher's feelings about the world's first trillionaires</li><li>Andrew's two contributions to the reset: more Reacher dialogue, and dragging him slightly further into the modern world</li></ul><p><strong>📚 Literacy, Prisons &amp; Why Reading Saves Lives</strong></p><p>Lee talks about his prison literacy work and his involvement with The Queen's Reading Room — and the research showing that just five minutes of reading reduces stress hormones by 20%. Plus why Quick Reads matter, why TV adaptations are a brilliant way in for reluctant readers, and why some women end up in prison simply because they couldn't read an official letter.</p><p><strong>🍦 Ice Cream Order</strong></p><p>Vanilla, in a bowl, with hot fudge sauce — slightly melty — and yes, a 99 Flake if one's going.</p><p>💬 <strong>Get in touch</strong></p><p>Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group | Instagram | <a href=\"mailto:quickbookreviews@outlook.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quickbookreviews@outlook.com</a></p><p><em>Quick Book Reviews: author interviews and book reviews with no spoilers.</em></p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}