The Digested Read podcast

EL James: black and blue and read all over? – books podcast

John Crace whips through the lastest instalment of EL James’s sado-masochistic bestseller, Grey, and asks if it’s time to apply the safe word

Michel Houellebecq: profane or prophetic? – books podcast

John Crace squashes Houellebecq’s Submission and asks whether the sacred monster of French fiction is just making trouble for its own sake

TS Eliot: beyond commentary? – books podcast

John Crace puts the annotated editon of the Nobel laureate’s poetical works through the wringer and assesses the stature of the modernist master

Kazuo Ishiguro: roaring giant or sleeping dragon? – books podcast

John Crace boils down The Buried Giant and asks whether this genre-bending quest novel is destined for the halls of glory or the mists of forgetfulness

Harper Lee: a happy return to Maycomb? – books podcast

John Crace puts the squeeze on Go Set a Watchman, and considers its effect on the author’s reputation