About our guest
Laurent Binet
Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller and won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes. The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and the Prix Interallié. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Académie française.
Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones edits the London Review of Books blog and presents the paper’s podcast. He has been writing for the London Review of Books since 1999, when he was an editorial assistant. Many of his pieces have been Short Cuts. Most of the others have been on contemporary fiction, though he has also written on Romantic poetry, the ancient Greeks and Romans, the climate crisis and Italian politics. He has lived in Italy since 2006. Game Theory, a novel, was published in 2018.
