Novelist Rupert Thomson joins John & Andy on the Backlisted podcast to talk about the work of French author Patrick Modiano, who's work explores the effect of the German occupation of his homeland during the Second World War. There's also a special edition of 'What I've Read This Week', where John talks about Identity of England by Robert Colls, while Andy sets a bit of a puzzle...

Books Mentioned:

• Rupert Thomson - The Insult, This Party's Got to Stop, Dreams of Leaving, Never Anyone But You

• Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously

• Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles

• George Eliot - Middlemarch

• Elizabeth Bowen - The Heat of the Day

• James Salter - A Sport and a Pastime

• Robert Colls - Identity of England, George Orwell: English Rebel

• Martine McDonagh - Narcissism for Beginners

• Patrick Modiano - Honeymoon, Villa Triste, Pedigree, Dora Bruder, La Place de l'Etoile, Night Watch, Ring Roads

• Graham Greene - End of the Affair

Other Links:

• Bowie's 100 Books

• The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

• The Lady from Shanghai

• Je fais des puzzles