Maggie O'Farrell (2014 event)

Instructions for a Heatwave was described by the Los Angeles
Review of Books as ‘perhaps a perfect book’ – high praise indeed
but typical of the acclaim that Edinburgh-based Maggie O’Farrell
has attracted for her sixth novel. Full of unforgettable
characters, the story charts a family descending into crisis
against the backdrop of a stifling summer. In this event,
recorded live at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival,
Maggie O’Farrell talks about how she constructed her novel.