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33. Brigid Brophy - The Snow Ball

March 06, 2017 by Joe Hodgson
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Novelist, critic & lecturer Jonathan Gibbs joins John & Andy on the Backlisted podcast to discuss Brigid Brophy's 1964 novel of seduction, aging and Mozart.

Books Mentioned:

  • Jonathan Gibbs - Randall

  • Brigid Brophy - The Snow Ball, Hackenfeller's Ape, Mozart the Dramatist, Fifty Works of English Literature we Could do Without, Adventures of God in His Search for the Black Girl, Palace Without Chairs, In Transit, The King of a Rainy Country

  • W. H. Hudson - A Shepherd's Life

  • George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo, Tenth of December

  • Iris Murdoch - The Black Prince

  • Sylvia Townsend Warner - The Death of Don Juan

  • Joyce Cary - The Horse's Mouth

  • Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach

  • Giles Gordon - Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement

  • Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale, The Moon and Sixpence

Other Links:

  • Tiny Camels Twitter

  • Lincoln in the Bardo audio book

  • That Youtube clip

  • The Wednesday Plays

  • Martin Seymour-Smith

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