Episode 404: New Novel Explores Living With a Scandalous Past
On Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay talks with David Liss about his novel The Death and Birth of Ileana Marek. They explore the novel’s protagonist, Dan, a young man in his mid-twenties whose life has been shaped by a social media scandal he cannot remember. The conversation also covers small-town Florida corruption and the gradual revelations that complicate the characters’ pasts.
David Liss is the author of 14 novels, as well as numerous novellas, short stories, and comics. His books include his debut, A Conspiracy of Paper, which won the 2001 Barry, Macavity, and Edgar Awards…
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