
Beneath the Veneer: André Forget & Naben Ruthnum
André Forget, Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Maharaj
Beneath the Veneer: André Forget & Naben Ruthnum
André Forget, Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Maharaj
6:30pm
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Toronto-based authors André Forget and Naben Ruthnum come together to examine the seemingly well-intentioned, but often insidious, narratives of so-called progress that permeate our modern times. In Forget’s latest novel, In the City of Pigs, failed musician Alexander is determined to prove himself as a journalist. When he stumbles across a story about an ambitious experimental music collective, he winds up chasing answers ever deeper into a shadowy world of amorphous real estate deals and finance capitalism. Ruthnum’s Hero of Our Time examines the veneer of racial conversations in the West, exposing the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust for wealth and power lurking beneath.
Interviewer: Nathan Maharaj
Ticket Info:
Date & Time: October 2 at 6:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing
Toronto-based authors André Forget and Naben Ruthnum come together to examine the seemingly well-intentioned, but often insidious, narratives of so-called progress that permeate our modern times. In Forget’s latest novel, In the City of Pigs, failed musician Alexander is determined to prove himself as a journalist. When he stumbles across a story about an ambitious experimental music collective, he winds up chasing answers ever deeper into a shadowy world of amorphous real estate deals and finance capitalism. Ruthnum’s Hero of Our Time examines the veneer of racial conversations in the West, exposing the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust for wealth and power lurking beneath.
Interviewer: Nathan Maharaj
Ticket Info:
Date & Time: October 2 at 6:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing
Featured Authors
Naben Ruthnum is a Toronto-based novelist, critic and screenwriter. He is the author of the 2017 book Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race about the ways in which South Asian identity in the West is often received. Ruthnum's fiction has been published in magazines ranging from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine to Granta, and he is a winner of Canada’s Journey Prize for short fiction. His first two thrillers, Find You In The Dark and Your Life Is Mine, were published in North America by Atria / Simon and Schuster. Ruthnum and his frequent screenwriting partner Kris Bertin currently have projects in development at Oddfellows Entertainment. Appearance supported by Humber College.