David Whitehouse: About A Son

This episode features David Whitehouse discussing his Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted nonfiction book About A Son. It's about Colin Hehir's battle to know the truth about his son's murderer.

The book is written in second-person, which we get into. We also discuss why David switched from novels to nonfiction, his start in men's magazines, how he got the material for this book, and finally ethics, including a decision by David which surprised me.

You can buy David's books here:

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/about-a-son-a-murder-and-a-father-s-search-for-truth-david-whitehouse/7277920

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bed-david-whitehouse/3460206

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mobile-library-david-whitehouse/3501647

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-forgotten-david-whitehouse/165838

David recommended Stay True by Hua Hsu, which is here:

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/stay-true-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-in-memoir-hua-hsu/7512493

And you can buy my books here:

https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-hankinson

Thanks for listening.