Red Széll

I interviewed David Solloy in 2016 when he was shortlisted for the book for his collection of nine intertwined short stories, All That Man Is.

I mean, he's a fairly serious heavyweight author, actually.

It's interesting hearing him say that he wants to put a bit more comedy into his books.

I think when he does it, he does it very, very well.

I have to confess I have flesh sitting on my iPod waiting to be read over Christmas.

I'm wondering how the long gaps, the blank pages in the paperback copy...

are going to be reflected in audio.

Because as we know, listening to three, four minutes of audio can seem like an eternity when there's nothing there.

You know, silence lasts a long, long time in an audio book.

Well, yeah, exactly.

Do you have a bit of background sound as well?

You know, the sound of buses and police cars going past?

I don't know.

I'll tell you when we get back in January.

He is...

one of the 21st century's great writers.

I think he's probably, he was due a Booker Prize with this book or the next book.

But I think, you know, he has definitely become a literary giant.

I'll be interested to see what the book's like.

Yeah, good luck to him.