Narcissistic Villains and Asphyxiating Families

Charlotte Mendelson has just published her sixth novel, Wife. Her previous novel, The Exhibitionist, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was The Times Novel of the Year 2022, as well as a book of the year in The Telegraph and The Guardian. Her other novels include Almost English and When We Were Bad. She was a publisher for 20 years and has been the gardening correspondent for The New Yorker. 

Sarah L’Estrange has over 15 years of experience in arts and literature broadcasting at Radio National. She has made features for The History Listen and Hindsight, and most recently produced and presented The Book Show series ‘Fakes and Frauds’, on Australian literary scandals.