Episode 39: Alex Miller discusses his deeply personal new book, <em>Max</em>

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Alex Miller, twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, is one of Australia’s best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. Here he discusses his new book, Max, a heartfelt homage to his dear friend and mentor, Max Blatt, a Jewish Resistance fighter during World War Two whose horrific experiences at the hands of the Nazis scarred him forever. Max’s story was a broken one, which he shared with Miller in fragments. From those fragments Miller has crafted a powerful, deeply moving tirbute to his lost friend.