Anthem: A Conversation with Noah Hawley
Award-winning showrunner, filmmaker and bestselling novelist Noah Hawley (creator of FX\u2019s Fargo and Legion) speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, about Hawley\u2019s sixth and newest novel Anthem, a thoughtful and entertaining cultural commentary for the real world we live in that examines a plethora of ongoing issues ranging from political divisions to climate change -- all in Hawley\u2019s uniquely incisive voice.
With Anthem, Hawley faced his most challenging writing yet -- putting a level of hindsight to something where the ink wasn\u2019t dry yet, or as he says, \u201cIf my job as a writer is to recreate the real world around me, then what do I do when the real world around me becomes ridiculous?\u201d
Hawley ranks among the most prolific and accomplished writers working between page and screen \u2013 having won both an Emmy Award and Edgar Award, and Anthem has been discussed as an epic inventive literary thriller that is the first must read novel of the year.