{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d2a69c65-3300-4484-abcb-ea3e7d712478/64e503138624770010fa61a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Michael Magee with Nihal Arthanayake","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60eecae845fc69e6c03398b2/1692729479229-00ab0c4428df273a81a28ede16cf3410.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by debut novelist Michael Magee.</p><p><br></p><p>Michael joins us to discuss his critically acclaimed novel, Close to Home, which has already been shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.</p><p><br></p><p>The two also discuss how Michael's novel started off as a letter-writing exercise, approaching masculinity on his own terms, working alter egos into fiction, and how bleakness in working-class fiction works best when there is added levity.</p><p><br></p><p>Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and please do leave us a review – it really does help us. And finally, to find out more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/tags/PenguinPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#PenguinPodcast</a>, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguin.co.uk%2Fpodcasts&amp;token=6a9f1-1-1692730025511\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts</a>.</p>","author_name":"Penguin Books UK"}