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Family drama at Hay Festival

Three prize winning writers – Damon Galgut, Margo Jefferson and Jennifer Egan – discuss family drama, memory and redemption, with Helen Lewis at Hay.

In front of an audience at this year’s Hay Festival Helen Lewis talks to three prize winning authors about their work.

Damon Galgut’s Booker-winning The Promise tells the story of a family and a country – South Africa – and the failed promises that destroy them both. The exciting promise of a super-connected world where memories are currency is set against the quest for privacy in Jennifer Egan’s new novel The Candy House. And Margo Jefferson examines every passion, memory and influence – from family to jazz to art – in her new memoir, Constructing a Nervous System.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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43 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 May 2022 21:30

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  • Mon 30 May 2022 09:00
  • Mon 30 May 2022 21:30

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