In a special edition of the Backlisted podcast recorded earlier this year live at the Durham Book Festival, John and Andy are joined by writers Adelle Stripe and Ben Myers to discuss Gordon Burn's debut novel Alma Cogan. The 'WHWBR?' slots are occupied by Pevsner's guide to Durham and The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Books Mentioned:

• Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously

• Adelle Stripe - Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile

• Ben Myers - Pig Iron, The Gallows Pole, These Darkening Days, Richard

• Gordon Burn - Alma Cogan, On The Way to Work, Pocket Money, Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Happy Like Murderers, Fullalove, Born Yesterday

• Pevsner's Guide to County Durham

• Alan Titchmarsh - Mr MacGregor

• Kazuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant, Never Let Me Go

• Norman Mailer - The Executioner's Song

Other Links:

• Opening song

• Durham Book Festival

• Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo

• Don Delilo

• Anita Brookner