Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico is one of my favourite books of the year so far, so I’m delighted to see that Toppings Bath have got him in for a book talk. With the greatest of respect to whichever member of staff was on interview duty, it was not the greatest of interviews. Latronico was incredibly erudite, waxing poetically and philosophically about the events in his life and in this world that led him to writing this novel, the ups and downs of having your work translated, and the future of big tech. Unfortunately, these answers are uniformly met with a moment of silence and then a completely unrelated pre-written question, rather than responding to the thoughtful answers presented. Still, it was inspiring getting to listen to and ask a question of Latronico, and I greatly await his next work.