Welcome to the third Backlisted Special. John and Nicky are joined by literary agents Becky Brown and Norah Perkins returning for their third appearance, having previously discussed the work of Barbara Pym and Dorothy B. Hughes. Becky and Norah are joint custodians of the Curtis Brown Heritage list of literary estates, so they have selected seven books from the archive – by women novelists, queer gardeners and anti-fascists - that they feel should be better known and more widely read and discussed. The timings may differ due to adverts:
10'50 One Fine Day - Mollie Panter-Downes
18'38 Mistletoe Malice - Kathleen Farrell
27'51 The Charioteer - Mary Renault
36'03 The Land and The Garden - Vita Sackville-West
43'11 Merry Hall - Beverley Nichols.
50'08 Conversations in Sicily - Elio Vittorini
57'30 The Light and the Dark - C.P. Snow
These specials are designed to fill the gap before the main show returns later in the Spring and feature guests discussing books drawn from an area they know and care about.
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The Inheritors by William Golding
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
Frost in May by Antonia White
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W.N.P. Barbellion
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett
Edith's Diary by Patricia Highsmith
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
The Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor
Of Walking in Ice by Werner Herzog
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Books about The Beatles
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
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