The Critic Books Podcast: Mrs Death Misses Death

Salena Godden is in conversation with Francesca Peacock

Podcast

Salena Godden’s debut novel tells the story of Mrs Death — the female shape-shifting spirit of death herself. It is a bold, imaginative novel that takes its readers from Victorian London through to contemporary Ireland, and laments the loss of figures from Leonard Cohen to Harambe.

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