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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: Elizabeth Knox discusses The Absolute Book at the Word Christchurch festival
Description: Elizabeth Knox talks to Noelle McCarthy about her most recent novel The Absolute Book. A highlight of the 2020 Word Christchurch Spring Festival. Listen to Elizabeth Knox talking to Noelle McCarthy about her genre-bending epic work of fantasy.Highlights of the discussionAfter a generous reading from the opening of the novel, Elizabeth Knox begins by discussing its protagonist, Taryn Cornick, who responds to the trauma of the death of her sister by organising what she hopes will be an untraceable hit on the man who was responsible.Noelle McCarthy: ...