Anthony McCarten

The bestselling New Zealand author reads from his brilliant new novel, Brilliance.

Brilliance is the story of two very different men who meet to change the world together. One brings light to the world with his invention, the other is a genius of money. But while J. P. Morgan emerges from the encounter as the richest man in the world, the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison, allows himself to be seduced by the dazzling world of his partner and puts not only his inventive power, but also his love and his salvation at risk.

Anthony McCarten achieved his breakthrough at the age of 25 with the theatrical hit Ladies Night. Its unauthorized film adaptation (The Full Monty) is one of the world's most successful film comedies. Further novels, screenplays and plays followed. For his screenplay for the international hit film The Theory of Everything, about the life of physicist Stephen Hawking, the author was nominated for an Oscar.