Jon McGregor - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

With James Naughtie

Jon McGregor won critical acclaim for his debut novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things in 2003.

The novel focuses on one street in a town in the North of England, where ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence - street cricket, barbecues, painting windows.

A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening.

This binds together the residents and shows the reader the imperfect lives of ordinary people on a single day.

Recorded with a group of readers at the first ever Derby Book Festival.

August's Bookclub choice : May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes.

Presenter : James Naughtie
Interviewed guest : Jon McGregor
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.