Max Porter, author of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, joins John and Andy on the Backlisted podcast to talk about The Horse's Mouth, Joyce Cary's story of the life of an itinerant artist. Also discussed are Dark Money, Jane Mayer's account of the nexus of politics & wealth in the US, and Doreen by Barbara Noble, reissued by Persephone.

Books Mentioned:

Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously
Max Porter - Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Joyce Cary - The Horse's Mouth, Mister Johnson, Herself Surprised, To be a Pilgrim, A House of Childhood, Selected Essays
Barbara Noble - Doreen
Jane Gardam - Long Way from Verona
Jane Mayer - Dark Money
David Seabrook - All the Devils Are Here, Jack of Jumps
Chinua Achebe -Things Fall Apart

Other Links:

Long Way from Verona podcast
Boyle on Trump
All the Devils Are Here podcast
Paris Review
Horse's Mouth film
John Bratby