Fragilities of language and identity feature in edgy new works from two debut novelists and ‘the rock star of modern poetry’
In this week’s podcast we trace the influence of the zeitgeist, as disappearance appears in two debut novels featuring characters who may or may not be found in South America. In Martin MacInnes’s Infinite Ground, a semi-retired police inspector is called in to investigate the mystery of a 29-year-old office worker who vanished without trace during a family meal at a local restaurant. In Novey’s Ways to Disappear a 60-year-old Brazilian novelist vanishes after climbing into an almond tree. They both come to the studio to discuss the spooky similarities between their novels. Then we meet up with poet Eileen Myles to hear about a 40-year career in which the “rock star of modern poetry” has dealt with everything from AIDS, gender inequality, bad sex and worse drugs.
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