So Late in the Day and other reads • Episode

Irish author #ClaireKeegan is generally considered to be one of the finest writers working today. ‘Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving’ said Hilary Mantel, of her work, while for Colm Toiíbín ‘Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.’ Praise indeed, but what did our brand new podcast book club make of So Late in the Day, her most recently published short story? We’ll be reporting back.
And we’re also rounding up a few stand-outs from our recent reading piles, from J. L. Carr’s meditative classic A Month in the Country to V.E. Schwab’s latest fantasy novel The Fragile Threads of Power.
Book list
So Late in the Day and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt,
The Road to the City by Natalia Ginsberg in the Storybook ND series
Tom Lake, Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr
Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab