Lizzy Barber

Author Lizzy Barber has spent time in Florence every year since
she was a teenager. Knowing the city intimately, she has set her
novel Out of Her Depth in and around its glamourous hills. Quiet
young woman Rachel takes a summer job at the beautiful Villa
Medici, and is plunged into a social group of glamorous teens
used to a life of privilege.


Lizzy joins Richard and Judy to talk about how the concept of an
unassuming outsider finding themselves in a lavish world allows
for commentary on this type of lifestyle. A thriller, Out of Her
Depth mirrors the themes in The Talented Mr Ripley, and they all
discuss the bravery in writing unlikeable protagonists.


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