The Booking Club

Jack Aldane

Today’s best authors and commentators discuss their latest books and breakthroughs at their favourite restaurants | Hosted by Jack Aldane Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. The Ballad of a Small Player: from acclaimed novel to Netflix hit, with Lawrence Osborne

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    The Ballad of a Small Player: from acclaimed novel to Netflix hit, with Lawrence Osborne

    A riveting tale of risk and obsession set in the alluring world of Macau’s casinos, by the author of the critically acclaimed The Forgiven.   As night falls on Macau and the neon signs that line the rain-slick streets come alive, Doyle – “Lord Doyle” to his fellow players – descends into his casino of choice to try his luck at the baccarat tables that are the anchor of his current existence. A corrupt English lawyer who has escaped prosecution by fleeing to the East, Doyle spends his nights drinking and gambling and his days sleeping off his excesses, continually haunted by his past. Taking refuge in a series of louche and dimly lit hotels, he watches his fortune rise and fall as the cards decide his fate.   In a moment of crisis he meets Dao-Ming, an enigmatic Chinese woman who appears to be a denizen of the casinos just like himself, and seems to offer him salvation in the form of both money and love. But as Doyle attempts to make a rare and true connection, all that he accepts as reality seems to be slipping from his grasp.    Resonant of classics by Dostoevsky and Graham Greene, The Ballad of a Small Player is a timeless tale steeped in eerie suspense and rich atmosphere. NOW ON NETFLIX: the adaptation of Ballad of a Small Player, starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and Tilda Swinton. Lawrence meets Jack at Defune in Marylebone, London. Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club: YouTube: @bookingclubpod Twitter/X: @bookingclubpod Blue Sky: @bookingclubpod.bsky.social Instagram: @bookingclubpod TikTok: @bookingclubpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  2. Vulture: a novel, with Phoebe Greenwood

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    Vulture: a novel, with Phoebe Greenwood

    Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced, brilliant satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots. An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza. The four-star hotel is a global media hub, promising safety and generator-powered internet, with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world’s media, even as their homes and families are under threat. Sara is determined to launch herself as a star correspondent. So, when her fixer Nasser refuses to set up the dangerous story she thinks will win her a front page, she turns instead to Fadi, the youngest member of a powerful militant family. Driven by demons and disappointments, Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself in this war, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her. Phoebe Greenwood’s debut novel brings readers into the heart of the maelstrom, and with audacity and humour depicts the media’s complicity in the ongoing tragedy. (Europa Editions) Phoebe meets Jack at Hiba Express, on High Holborn in Central London. Please feel free to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: www.map.org.uk Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club: YouTube: @bookingclubpod Twitter/X: @bookingclubpod Blue Sky: @bookingclubpod.bsky.social Instagram: @bookingclubpod TikTok: @bookingclubpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  3. The Fathers: a novel, with John Niven

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    The Fathers: a novel, with John Niven

    In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth – no, sixth? – child into the world. Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home. Jada is a hustling, small-time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block. Both men find that the birth of their sons has fired their ambitions. Dan plans to walk away from his saccharine TV success and finally knuckle down to writing that novel he always felt he had in him. While, for Jada, it’s the opportunity for one last get-rich-quick scheme – ripping off a local airport. When a tragedy occurs, their worlds are brought closer than either could ever have imagined – close enough that it could mean destruction for both of them … (Canongate Books) Born in 1966, John Niven is a Scottish author and screenwriter. His books include Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, The F**k-It List and The Second Coming. John meets Jack at Scott's in Mayfair Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club: YouTube: @bookingclubpod Twitter/X: @bookingclubpod Blue Sky: @bookingclubpod.bsky.social Instagram: @bookingclubpod TikTok: @bookingclubpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  4. A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere, with James Bloodworth

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    A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere, with James Bloodworth

    An astonishing undercover investigation into the paranoid and misogynistic subcultures of the manosphere, by the Orwell Prize-longlisted author of Hired James Bloodworth. Rarely has there seemed a more confusing time to be a man. This uncertainty has spawned an array of bizarre and harmful underground subcultures, collectively known as the 'manosphere', as men search for new forms of belonging. In Lost Boys, acclaimed journalist James delves into these worlds and asks: what does their emergence say about Western society? Why are so many men susceptible to the sinister beliefs these groups promote? And what can we do about their pernicious encroachment upon our social and political spheres? Along the way, he enlists in a bootcamp for 'alpha males', dissects cultural figures including Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate, and accompanies modern day Hugh Hefners as they broadcast their jet-set lifestyles to millions of followers. Combining compulsive memoir with powerful reporting, Lost Boys is an essential guide to the contradictions in contemporary masculinity. (Atlantic Books) James meets Jack at Palm Court Brasserie in Covent Garden. Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club: YouTube: @bookingclubpod Twitter/X: @bookingclubpod Blue Sky: @bookingclubpod.bsky.social Instagram: @bookingclubpod TikTok: @bookingclubpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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