21. Summer Reading Special - What We Read On Our Holidays
In a special edition of the podcast Andy, John, Mathew and Matt discuss amongst other things which festivals work, why books win prizes, and why changing the name of a certain Swallows And Amazons character is a shame. HP Lovecraft, Greek philosophers and Calvin & Hobbes are also touched upon.
Books Mentioned:
Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously
Anita Brookner - Family and Friends
Elizabeth Taylor - A View of the Harbour, Angel
Erskine Childers - Riddle of the Sands
Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris - The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse
Marlon James - Brief History of Seven Killings
Garth Risk - City on Fire
Ian McEwan - Amsterdam
F. Scott Fitzgerald -The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rupert Thompson - Katherine Carlyle, This Party’s Got to Stop
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Patrick Modiano - Book of Lifetime: Honeymoon
Paul Beatty - The Sellout
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