As part of its monthly book club, the Guardian hosts a live discussion between the author of the book in question and UCL professor of English, John Mullan.
This month, the book we're talking about is William Boyd's Any Human Heart, his ambitious, poignantly comic novel which chronicles the life of Logan Gonzago Mountstuart through the protagonist's own journal.
In the first of his columns on the book, John Mullan explores the novel's use of the journal form; in his second, he examines the way in which Boyd mixes real and fictional characters in the book. At Tuesday night's book club event, Boyd himself explains the motive behind this unusual technique.
Click here to listen to the conversation on your computer (MP3, 26:12mins) or to subscribe to the Guardian Unlimited Books podcast feed. [Due to technical problems on the night, the first 10 minutes of the discussion are missing from the recording. Our apologies.]
Now you've heard what the critic and the author have to say, it's your turn to tell us what you think of the book. A selection of your posts will appear in the Guardian Review in John's final column on the novel.
