Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
As Liz Nugent launches Our Little Cruelties in paperback in the UK, she joins Sam Blake and Simon Trewin to discuss one of the most gripping thrillers of the year:
Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.
Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...
They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.
But which brother killed him?
Sam quizzes Liz on where her ideas come from, how she tackled this deastating tale of family rivalries.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in Irish film, theatre and television. Her three novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait and Skin Deep have each been Number One bestsellers in Ireland and she has won four Irish Book Awards (two for Skin Deep). She lives in Dublin with her husband.
Check out Our Little Cruelties here:
https://www.waterstones.com/.../liz-nugent/9781844883950
As Liz Nugent launches Our Little Cruelties in paperback in the UK, she joins Sam Blake and Simon Trewin to discuss one of the most gripping thrillers of the year:
Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.
Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...
They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.
But which brother killed him?
Sam quizzes Liz on where her ideas come from, how she tackled this deastating tale of family rivalries.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in Irish film, theatre and television. Her three novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait and Skin Deep have each been Number One bestsellers in Ireland and she has won four Irish Book Awards (two for Skin Deep). She lives in Dublin with her husband.
Check out Our Little Cruelties here:
https://www.waterstones.com/.../liz-nugent/9781844883950
