Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
Monocle culture editor Robert Bound joins John and Andy to discuss JG Ballard's Spanish set thriller Cocaine Nights. Also, The Ballard-Bond connection, Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, and the...
7 Marras 20161h 2min
Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
In a special Halloween edition, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by Andrew Male to discuss Cold Hand In Mine, a book of 'strange stories' by British writer Robert Aickman. Timings: (may dif...
26 Loka 20161h 2min
The Holiday by Stevie Smith
Recorded live at the Durham Book Festival 2016, John and Andy are joined by Sally Bayley (author, The Private Life Of The Diary) to discuss Stevie Smith's third and final novel The Holiday. Timings: ...
10 Loka 201654min
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
Novelist, editor and critic Erica Wagner joins the Backlisted team to discuss one of her favourite books - The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. Revolt Into Style, George Melly's groundbreaking discou...
24 Syys 20161h 1min
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 cha...
12 Syys 20161h 1min
Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode to discuss Absolute Beginners, the classic novel of London teenage life set around Soho and Notting Hill. Timings...
22 Elo 20161h 1min
The Crack Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In a special edition recorded at Port Eliot Festival, the Backlisted team welcome comedy writer Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Thick Of It, Four Lions)to discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's pos...
8 Elo 201638min
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr
Author and poet Saleena Godden joins John Mitchinson, Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Hubert Selby Jr's legendary transgressive novel of dead end life in working class 50's Brooklyn. WARNING...
25 Heinä 201659min
