In the sixth episode of the MIR Podcast, Peter J Coles talks to author Mazin Saleem about his debut novel 'The Prick'. They discuss what it means to be a terrible person, middle-class malaise, and the crisis of masculinity.  Show Notes:Mazin SaleemOpen PenStrange HorizonsThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaFight ClubThe Cable GuyAt Swim, Two Birds by Brian O'NolanLes MurrayWonderbook by Jeff VandermeerThe Other Wind by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Open Pen Novelette SeriesMIROnline PatreonThis podcast was produced and edited by Peter J ColesMazin Saleem is an author from Manchester currently living in London. He has written short fiction for Litro Magazine, The Literateur, Pornokitsch, Open pen, and more, and is a regular reviewer at Strange Horizons. His first book The prick is out now with Open Pen.Peter J. Coles was born in Oxford and currently lives in London. He came to writing after stumbling through various universities around the world studying Japanese literature. He recently finished an MA Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London, and is the Managing Editor of Content for MIROnline. He is currently working on two novels and was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 and was longlisted for the Grindstone Literature International Novel Prize 2018. Twitter: @peafield