Teddy Wayne — THE AU PAIR: Literary Ambition, Desire, Power & Self-Deception
What happens when a celebrated novelist loses his relevance, his marriage begins to crumble, and the person who seems to believe in him most is the young au pair caring for his children?That's the provocative setup for Teddy Wayne's new novel, The Au Pair.On Speaking of Writers, Teddy joins Steve Richards for a conversation about literary ambition, desire, masculinity, marriage, class, self-deception, the changing cultural power of the literary novel, and why some of the most dangerous fictions are the ones we tell ourselves.We also talk about the transition from novel to screenplay, The…
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