Max Porter fortifies his reputation as one of the most daring writers of his generation with Lanny. Dripping with the anarchy, humour and enchantment readers will recognise from his acclaimed novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Lanny is an astonishing tapestry of fabulism and domestic drama. Following on from his astounding Opening Address, Max talks with Wheeler Centre Director Michael Williams about his pulse-racing warning about what we stand to lose and a hymn to everything we will never fully understand.

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