Rumaan Alam

‘This is what governs all of life. We agree to rules. Most of us. There are some, though, you know, who do not obey, who are not asked to observe them.’

When Brooke Orr starts a new job at the Asher and Carole Jaffee Foundation, helping an 80-year-old billionaire to give away his vast fortune, she has good intentions. But a glimpse of the lifestyles of the 1% leads to Brooke wanting more for herself. A decision that can only lead to destruction. Rumaan Alam joins us to discuss his fantastic, insightful new novel Entitlement, as well as the Netflix adaptation of his gripping international bestseller, Leave the World Behind, starring Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts.

Rumaan Alam is the international bestselling and critically acclaimed author of three novels. His last, Leave the World Behind, was a Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick, a Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month, a finalist for the National Book Awards for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

Hosted by Naomi Frisby, literary critic and co-host of the podcast Late To It.