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Malcolm Knox's The First Friend: a black comedy set in Stalin's Soviet Union
Manage episode 438449866 series 5464
A peripatetic hotel, a paddle steamer of dreams and a dastardly law firm, in Jock Serong’s Cherrywood; one of the 20th century’s top 10 all-star ‘leading’ murderers, and what it might mean to be close to him, in Malcolm Knox’s The First Friend; and spies, caves, lies and Neanderthals in Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake.
BOOKS
Malcolm Knox, The First Friend, Allen & Unwin
Jock Serong, Cherrywood, Fourth Estate
Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake, Jonathan Cape
GUESTS
Roanna Gonsalves, creative writing academic, writer whose books include the short story collection The Permanent Resident
Tom Wright, theatre writer and adapter; artistic associate, the Belvoir Theatre
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDPeter Carey, worksJoseph Conrad, Heart of DarknessJames Bradley, Ghost SpeciesJon Baptiste del Amo, Son of ManMichelle de Kretser, Theory and PracticeWilliam Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the WorldJosé Saramago, The Elephant's JourneyAdalbert Stifter, The BachelorsJonathan Raban, Soft City
CREDITS
- Presenter, Kate Evans + Cassie McCullagh
- Producer, Kate Evans + Sarah Corbett
- Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth + Ann-Marie Debettencor
- Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown
502 jaksoa
Manage episode 438449866 series 5464
A peripatetic hotel, a paddle steamer of dreams and a dastardly law firm, in Jock Serong’s Cherrywood; one of the 20th century’s top 10 all-star ‘leading’ murderers, and what it might mean to be close to him, in Malcolm Knox’s The First Friend; and spies, caves, lies and Neanderthals in Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake.
BOOKS
Malcolm Knox, The First Friend, Allen & Unwin
Jock Serong, Cherrywood, Fourth Estate
Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake, Jonathan Cape
GUESTS
Roanna Gonsalves, creative writing academic, writer whose books include the short story collection The Permanent Resident
Tom Wright, theatre writer and adapter; artistic associate, the Belvoir Theatre
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDPeter Carey, worksJoseph Conrad, Heart of DarknessJames Bradley, Ghost SpeciesJon Baptiste del Amo, Son of ManMichelle de Kretser, Theory and PracticeWilliam Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the WorldJosé Saramago, The Elephant's JourneyAdalbert Stifter, The BachelorsJonathan Raban, Soft City
CREDITS
- Presenter, Kate Evans + Cassie McCullagh
- Producer, Kate Evans + Sarah Corbett
- Sound engineer, Craig Tilmouth + Ann-Marie Debettencor
- Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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