Damon Galgut, author of ”In A Strange Room”

In this episode, I sit down with celebrated South African novelist and playwright Damon Galgut, a literary voice I’ve admired for years. Damon Galgut is the acclaimed author of The Promise, winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious literary award three times over the course of his writing career.

We discuss his lifelong relationship with literature, his unique approach to fiction writing, and how his novels grapple with themes of identity, morality, and the political realities of South Africa. Whether you're a passionate reader, a writer yourself, or simply someone who loves discovering new books, this conversation offers rare insight into the creative mind behind some of the most powerful contemporary literary fiction.

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Damon Galgut’s four books were:

• Pig, Roald Dahl (1960)
• In the Heart of the Country, by J.M. Coetzee (1977)
• Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (1985)
• The Emigrants, W.G. Sebald (1992)