A tour of a once-grand English manor, set to become a hotel, where abandoned objects tell of a family's decline: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Angela Tomaski about her novel, "The Infamous Gilberts."
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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.