Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite and A Notable Woman, amongst others joins John and Andy on the Backlisted podcast to discuss William Goldman's groundbreaking account of his life as a Hollywood screenwriter.

Books Mentioned:

• Tibor Fischer - Under the Frog

• Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad

• George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo

• Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously

• Simon Garfield - Timekeepers, A Notable Woman, The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite

• William Goldman - Adventures in the Screen Trade, Which Lie Did I Tell?, The Princess Bride

• Penny Pepper - First in the World Somewhere

• Julia Phillips - You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again

• Jake Eberts - My Indecision is Final

• Steven Bach - Final Cut

• Rob Long - Conversations with My Agent (and Set-Up Joke Set-Up Joke)

• Russel T Davis - The Writer's Story

• Peter Biskind - Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Other Links:

• Posh Bingo

• Mass Observation

• William Goldman films

• William Goldman interview