Listen "Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson"
Episode Synopsis
Emmy award winning writer and broadcaster David Quantick (Veep, The Thick of It, TV Burp) joins John and Andy in the Unbound offices to discuss his favourite novel, Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson. Plus how to pronounce Velasquez, Silbury Hill, the death of the possessive apostrophe in retail, and Mathew Clayton's tenuous link.
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4'23 - On Silbery Hill by Adam Thorpe
9'29 The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez by Laura Cumming
15'21 - Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
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Timings: (may differ due to adverts)
4'23 - On Silbery Hill by Adam Thorpe
9'29 The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez by Laura Cumming
15'21 - Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.
* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm
*If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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