We are delighted to welcome novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne to Mr B’s to discuss his extraordinary non-fiction debut, The Children of Radium.

Part family history, part wild heist, The Children of Radium tells the story of Joe’s great-grandfather Siegfried, an eccentric scientist and Jewish refugee who invented radioactive toothpaste. When Joe decides to read the 2000-page manuscript his ‘jolly grandpa’ left behind, he uncovers an incredible story that stretches around the world and through the 20th century...

Joe is previously the author of the poetry collection O Positive and three novels, including the critically acclaimed Submarine, which was adapted for film by Richard Ayoade.

'Finely and gently crafted, an extraordinary and unexpected journey' - Philippe Sands

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