Andrew O'Hagan

Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.; Anne Enright, The Gathering.; Andrew O'Hagan, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe.

Three of our most innovative, distinctive and versatile writers talk about blending fact and fiction in their work and breaking literary taboos. Geoff Dyer's latest book, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, is an artful novel-cum-memoir; Anne Enright won the Booker Prize for The Gathering - a family saga of daring, wit and insight; Andrew O'Hagan's hot-off-the-press The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe starts at Charleston, segues to LA and brings to life Hollywood's golden era and most famous star. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Andrew O'Hagan discusses The Atlantic Ocean.

To coincide with the publication of Andrew O’Hagan’s collected non-fiction, The Atlantic Ocean (Faber), the novelist and LRB contributing editor will be in conversation with Observer writer Gaby Wood. O’Hagan’s essays and reported pieces have examined the cultures of Britain and America since Thatcher and Reagan, from the Bulger trial to Hurricane Katrina, from celebrity memoirs to the war in Iraq. O’Hagan talks about his personal journeys into the special relationship and discusses the history of non-fiction style.

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