Best of Q: Lionel Shriver on Big Brother and the fear of fat
Novelist Lionel Shriver on her deeply personal follow to We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Lionel Shriver is known for writing provocative fiction that explores the darkest corners of the zeitgeist. Her previous novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin, was spurred by her own deep-seated fears about motherhood.
In this Best of Q interview, the author joins guest host Gill Deacon to discuss her latest novel, Big Brother, which takes on an even more personal subject: re-imagining in fiction her own brother's struggle with, and eventual death from, obesity-related illness.