Beloved by Toni Morrison
Award-winning novelist Preti Taneja (We That Are Young) joins John and Andy to discuss Beloved by Toni Morrison, one of the greatest American novels of the last half century. Other books featured on t...
27 Maj 20191h 4min
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
John and Andy are joined by writer and actor Will Smith for a special episode recorded live at the Guernsey Literary Festival on Sunday May 5th 2019. The novel under discussion is G.B. Edwards's uniqu...
13 Maj 201951min
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted, recorded in the week of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe. Joining John and A...
29 Apr 20191h 4min
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens's late masterpiece Great Expectations is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book (and its celebrated author) are journalist and editor Will...
15 Apr 201958min
Last Train to Memphis/Careless Love by Peter Guralnick
Elvis Presley is the subject of this episode of Backlisted, care of Peter Guralnick's twin biographies Last Train to Memphis (1994) and Careless Love (1999). Joining John and Andy to discuss these rem...
1 Apr 20191h 6min
Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald's fourth novel Human Voices (1980) is set at the BBC during the early months of the Second World War. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book, and Penelope Fitzgerald's life and ...
18 Mars 20191h 8min
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
This episode is about Utz, Bruce Chatwin's final novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1988. John and Andy are joined by writer and journalist Jonathan Wilson and Unbound's editor-at-large Rachae...
4 Mars 20191h 3min
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
On this episode John and Andy are joined by novelist and critic Amanda Craig and novelist and memoirist Alice Jolly to discuss Rebecca West's debut novel The Return of the Soldier, published in 1918 w...
18 Feb 20191h 2min
