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

    3 天前

    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.

    44 分鐘
  2. The Fathers: a novel, with John Niven

    7月14日

    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.

    37 分鐘
  3. What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Reinventing Your Life, with Henry Oliver

    4月17日

    What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Reinventing Your Life, with Henry Oliver

    Our society tells us over and over that if we're going to achieve anything, we'd better do it while we're young. We fixate on stories of prodigies; we put our children in piano lessons or language classes as toddlers, hoping to give them the best shot at success we can. As for ourselves, too many people feel it's too late to change the course of their own lives. Whether we are at the start of our careers and sense we're on the wrong path, or feeling unsettled in our late or middle years, we all wonder how we can reinvent ourselves? Is it too late? This book by Henry Oliver has answers. Late bloomers - individuals who experience significant success later in life - offer lessons for people who feel frustrated. This book encourages people to think about themselves as potential late bloomers and to discover and encourage and advocate for late blooming in others. After all, it's never too late to discover our hidden talents and our accomplish our goals - the road to success is never as straightforward as we are lead to believe. Julia Child didn't discover that she loved to cook until she was thirty-seven. Vera Wang started her design business at forty. And Michelangelo painted The Last Judgment in his sixties. This inspiring, passionate book combines wonderful story-telling with fascinating new research, to shift expectations around our life trajectories. You'll discover a range of blueprints for self-reinvention, pairing the newest insights from psychology and neuroscience with late bloomers' remarkable life stories. Henry meets Jack at Ye Olde Chesire Cheese on Fleet Street. 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.

    46 分鐘
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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.

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