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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A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin
The Lion and the Unicorn by George Orwell
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
The Lowlife by Alexander Baron
Something Happened by Joseph Heller
The Town House by Norah Lofts
Berg by Ann Quin
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
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