"We are all weirdos"

In an interview for The New Statesman podcast, novelist Nicola Barker shared with me her thoughts on Englishness, the experimental novel, faith and Martin Amis.

I very much enjoyed meeting a writer who has for many decades now proven herself to be one of the most original voices in British fiction, working at the intersection of the comic and experimental novels — an almost unheard-of combination in contemporary literature. You can listen to our conversation on the podcast, links to which are embedded below.