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Kevin Jared Hosein: Author of Hungry Ghosts
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This week Jack is joined by Kevin Jared Hossein. His latest book, Hungry Ghosts is set in rural 1940s Trinidad and follows two households, the wealthy Changoors and the impoverished Sharups. It is a novel about family, caste, religion and violence.
(1:06) Publishing the novel
(4:07) Childhood reads
(12:47) Kevin's approach to writing
(18:41) Modern reading habits
(32:43) A book which changed his life
(39:49) Hungry Ghosts
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:
Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
Connect with Jack on Instagram
Hungry Ghosts is published in the UK by Bloomsbury
Books mentioned in this episode include:
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien - ISBN: 9780261103344
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger - ISBN: 9780241950432
Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich - ISBN: 9780241270530
The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata - ISBN: 9780141192628
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf - ISBN: 9781447299370
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - ISBN: 2928377128418
100 episoade
Manage episode 362978980 series 2833945
This week Jack is joined by Kevin Jared Hossein. His latest book, Hungry Ghosts is set in rural 1940s Trinidad and follows two households, the wealthy Changoors and the impoverished Sharups. It is a novel about family, caste, religion and violence.
(1:06) Publishing the novel
(4:07) Childhood reads
(12:47) Kevin's approach to writing
(18:41) Modern reading habits
(32:43) A book which changed his life
(39:49) Hungry Ghosts
The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the team at Mostly Books. It is edited by Story Ninety-Four. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop.
Meet the host:
Jack Wrighton is a bookseller and social media manager at Mostly Books. His hobbies include photography and buying books at a quicker rate than he can read them.
Connect with Jack on Instagram
Hungry Ghosts is published in the UK by Bloomsbury
Books mentioned in this episode include:
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien - ISBN: 9780261103344
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger - ISBN: 9780241950432
Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich - ISBN: 9780241270530
The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata - ISBN: 9780141192628
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf - ISBN: 9781447299370
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - ISBN: 2928377128418
100 episoade
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