{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/af0e16de-9e4b-419b-b090-e1fe8c56f241/63ede2ce2b8329001190e8cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dogs Days in the Writer’s Life","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0ef81a8cbec7663cf149/1676533808984-d34fbd74023c8f67b0bdc5b00cefa52a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, we examine the highs and very many lows of the writing life. Tom Seymour Evans explores a disquieting biography of crime writer James Ellroy, and Stephen Marche shines a light into the abyss of literary failure in his new book.</p><p><br></p><p>‘Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy’ by Steven Powell</p><p>‘On Writing and Failure’ by Stephen Marche</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Charlotte Pardy</p>","author_name":"The TLS"}