Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote “The End of October” before the new coronavirus was discovered in China, but some of its chapters feel ripped from today’s headlines. In the video down below, Wright joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss returning to fiction after years in journalism and what inspired his prescient story.
Little Side Note: This book was published by Knopf (In Stores Now!), & Chip Kidd designed the Cover!
This is the interview that was featured at the PBS NEWSHOUR arts and culture series, Canvas:
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