{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/696f561e91e0adb30b7f3b47/6a4936fa0069388b7aa757e9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Aisling Rawle on The Compound","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/696f561e91e0adb30b7f3b47/1783183038591-abd003a9-cc80-4046-95b1-70fa085d4083.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Debut novelist&nbsp;Aisling Rawle&nbsp;joins&nbsp;Tom's Book Club&nbsp;to discuss her acclaimed novel&nbsp;The Compound.</p><p>Set inside a mysterious reality television competition in the desert,&nbsp;The Compound&nbsp;blends literary fiction, satire and suspense to explore consumerism, inequality, entertainment and our fascination with watching others.</p><p>Aisling discusses the origins of the novel, the reality TV shows that influenced her writing, creating the character of Lily, the novel's links to&nbsp;Animal Farm, writing the first draft in just six weeks, and why the story's mysteries are left deliberately unresolved.</p>","author_name":"Thomas Watters"}