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The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman in Conversation with David Herman
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Elliot Perlman, bestselling author of Seven Types of Ambiguity will talk about his new book – The Street Sweeper.
Dealing with memory, racism and the human
capacity for guilt, resilience, heroism, and unexpected kindness, The Street Sweeper is a 21st Century survival story.
Perlman has been described as “the foremost voice of the new generation of Australian writers.”
David Herman was a TV and radio producer for 20 years, producing 'Start the Week (Radio 4) and numerous programmes on BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 with Melvyn Bragg, Jeremy Isaacs and many others. For the past 10 years he has been a freelance writer, reviewing for The Guardian, The Independent, Prospect, The New Statesman and is the Chief Fiction Reviewer for The Jewish Chronicle. He has taught several literary courses and chaired a number of events at the LJCC.
Dealing with memory, racism and the human
capacity for guilt, resilience, heroism, and unexpected kindness, The Street Sweeper is a 21st Century survival story.
Perlman has been described as “the foremost voice of the new generation of Australian writers.”
David Herman was a TV and radio producer for 20 years, producing 'Start the Week (Radio 4) and numerous programmes on BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 with Melvyn Bragg, Jeremy Isaacs and many others. For the past 10 years he has been a freelance writer, reviewing for The Guardian, The Independent, Prospect, The New Statesman and is the Chief Fiction Reviewer for The Jewish Chronicle. He has taught several literary courses and chaired a number of events at the LJCC.