{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/cf7520d4-c0d5-4b36-8f12-a828c622fc14/6329ec86c6e71900142ebd44?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Books in brief ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60eede6592322e0c04ee9b2f/1645727303621-934db04a8e9da2ea3a07dd335405bd55.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>David McAllister hosts a quick-fire roundup of some of the most interesting books of the month with the writers who reviewed them in <em>Prospect</em>. Sarah Collins discusses Elizabeth's Strout's pandemic novel, <em>Lucy by the Sea </em>while Lucy Thynne tells us about Shehan Karunatilaka’s latest book, <em>The Seven Moons of Maali</em>&nbsp;<em>Almeida. </em>Peter Forbes reviews <em>Prospect</em> science writer Philip Ball's <em>The Book of Minds, </em>while David reviews Murray Pittock's new history <em>Scotland</em>. </p>","author_name":"Prospect Magazine"}