Join Kate and Cassie as they explore new fiction alongside guests: musician Tim Rogers (You Am I) and novelist Madeleine Gray (Green Dot, Chosen Family). Three American novels, each tackling big ideas in very different ways - from the political absurdity and humour of Jess Walter’s So Far Gone, to the mockumentary-style tensions of Patmeena Sabit’s Good People, to the darkly comic moral maze of Jonathan Miles’ Eradication.BOOKSJess Walter, So Far Gone, HarperJonathan Miles, Eradication, RiverrunPatmeena Sabit, Good People, ViragoGUESTSTim Rogers, singer-songwriter and actor. Frontman of You Am I.Madeleine Gray, novelist whose books are Green Dot and Chosen FamilyOTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDLarry McMurtry, worksBertie Blackman, Bohemian NegligenceJhumpa Lahiri, WhereaboutsNussaibah Younis, FundamentallyNiamh Campbell, Make StrangeEllena Savage, The Ruiners; BlueberriesAlexandra Vasti, Ladies in HatingKatherine Mansfield, worksIan Penman, Three Piece SuiteZadie Smith, The FraudCharles Dickens, Great ExpectationsCREDITSPresenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans and Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Antonia Gauci and Harvey O'SullivanArts editor, Rhiannon Brown