Kevin Maher and Vesna Goldsworthy

Maher introduces his wonderful novel Last Night On Earth, in which his protagonist Jay, a separated husband but committed father, has his life disrupted by the arrival of ‘The Clappers’, an old friend from Ireland. Goldsworthy’s Gorsky is a contemporary spin on The Great Gatsby set in a London of Russian oligarchy collecting beauty and books. They talk to Rosie Goldsmith.