20. Colin MacInnes - Absolute Beginners

19. F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Crack Up

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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 posthumously published collection of essays, The Crack-Up.

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18. Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit to Brooklyn

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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: contains obligatory reference the The Fall.

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17. Denton Welch - Maiden Voyage

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Richard King, author of How Soon Is Now and Original Rockers, visits Backlisted to talk about Maiden Voyage, an extraordinarily vivid memoir by Denton Welch of his early life in England and China.

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16. Jill TweeDIE - Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist

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Writer and journalist Alex Clark joins John Mitchinson and Andy Miller in a stormy (and then hammery) podcast to discuss Letters From A Fainthearted Feminist, a collection of very funny columns by Jill Tweedie, originally published in the Guardian.

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15. Erskine Childers - THE Riddle of the Sands

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Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel The Riddle Of The Sands and the extraordinary life of it's author Erskine Childers. You can read more about Lloyd's plans to recreate the books journey at The Riddle Of The Sands Adventure Club page here: unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands

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14. Barbara Comyns - The Vet's Daughter

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Writer, academic and contributing editor of Bookanista Lucy Scholes joins Andy, John and Mathew on the pod to talk The Vet's Daughter, the extraordinary novel of an extraordinary girl in late Victorian South London. Also, how some books just shouldn't be turned into musicals, and the best name for a dog ever.

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13. Jones and Palin - Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls

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Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, the creators of the Grown Up Ladybird series of picture books, join Andy Miller and Mathew Clayton to discuss Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls by Michael Palin and Terry Jones

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12. Nigel Balchin - Darkness Falls from the Air

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Journalist, broadcaster and former editrice of The Erotic Review Rowan Pelling joins John, Andy and Mathew on the show to explain her love of Nigel Balchin's novel of the London Blitz, Darkness Falls From The Air.

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11. David Seabrook - All the Devils are Here

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Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joins John, Andy & Mathew to discuss All The Devils Are Here, the astounding travelogue through Kent and the depths of human behaviour from David Seabrook. Plus, the drinking habits of Carry On stars, and what to read in Iceland.

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10. Raymond Chandler - The High Window

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Raymond Chandler's 'The High Window', his third book featuring world weary detective Philip Marlowe, is introduced to Backlisted by Mojo magazine's Andrew Male. Plus the joys of walking in the rain in England, remembering Anita Brookner, and JG Ballard's unintentional mind games...

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9. Martin Amis - The Information

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Kill Your Friends author John Niven joins John, Andy & Mathew in the pod to discuss The Information by Martin Amis, on the way answering the question 'if this book were a Britpop album, which Britpop album would it be?' This may or may not become a regular feature. There's also talk on how writers write, and the epoch defining moment when Andy met a punk rock legend.

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8. Sylvia Townsend Warner - Lolly Willowes

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Sylvia Townsend Warner's debut novel 'Lolly Willowes' is the main book under discussion in this episode. It's nominated by journalist, author & playwright Samantha Ellis, and she discusses witchcraft, spinsters and the Chilterns with John, Andy and Mathew. Also touched on: epic poetry on Dartmoor in the rain, and J.B. Priestley's influence on David Bowie.

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7. Shirley Hazzard - The Great Fire

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Author and playwright Alice Jolly joins the Backlisted crew to discuss The Great Fire by Australian author Shirley Hazzard. Also, AA Gill and Spike Milligan have been Read This Week, and why it might be too late to start listening to jazz in your 50's.

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6. Nella Larsen - Passing

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In episode 6 of the Backlisted Podcast we're joined by Sarah Churchwell, professorial fellow in American literature and chair of public understanding of the humanities at the School of Advanced Study, the University of London (phew) to discuss 'Passing' by Nella Larsen. Also, John and Andy discuss the book they've both been reading this week, Breakdown by John Bratby

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5. B. S. Johnson - Christie Malry's Own Double entry

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Emmy award winning writer and broadcaster David Quantick (Veep, The Thick of It, TV Burp) joins John and Andy in the Unbound offices to discuss his favourite novel, Christie Malry's Own Double Entry by BS Johnson. Plus how to pronounce Velasquez, Silbury Hill, the death of the possessive apostrophe in retail, and Mathew Clayton's tenuous link.
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4. Nancy Mitford - The Blessing

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John, Andy and Mathew Clayton discuss Nancy Mitford's novel The Blessing with Nancy's biographer Laura Thompson. Plus, what it feels like to finish Finnegans Wake, 'bloke's books', and the rudest word in the Gloucestershire dialect.
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3. David Nobbs - It Had to Be You

2. Jean Rhys - Good Morning, Midnight

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John and Andy are joined by novelist Linda Grant and Unbound's Matthew Clayton to discuss Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, first published in 1939. Rhys is still best known for her 1966 novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, but as well as making a strong case for her earlier work, there is a lively discussion of perfume, the previously unheard-of genre of Scandinavian magic realism, and Andy spots a mistake in the best selling science book of all time.
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1. J. L. Carr - A Month in the Countr

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In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss J.L. Carr's A Month In The Country.
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