Sam's guest in this week’s podcast is the Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, whose latest novel *10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World *has just been shortlisted alongside Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Elif talks to Sam about living in exile, writing in a second language, her relationship with Istanbul, and how the West’s culture war over 'free speech' looks to someone from a country where free speech can get you thrown in jail or worse.
Presented by Sam Leith.
