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Ep 149; Irish Books and Clever Books, Not That Irish Books Aren’t Clever
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The Best of Irish () As St Patricks Day was looming as Thomas and Simon recorded this episode they thought that they would talk about Irish fiction – which in hindsight might have been a bad move as they realised they weren’t at all qualified for it. They talk about their thoughts on Irish fiction, from the limited ones that they have read, and what Irish fiction and writing means to them. They would love your recommendations of some Irish books.
Clever Books () In the second section of the show Simon and Thomas talk about ‘clever books’ either books that really are clever and do something quite unusual, or books that think they are really clever and actually need to be told they are not. They have a very clever chat about it all.
Other Books Mentioned in the Show () The Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling, Moby Dick – Herman Melville, A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara, At Hawthorn Time – Melissa Harrison, Victoria 4.30 – Cecil Roberts, The Green Road – Anne Enright, The Gathering – Anne Enright, The Good Son – Paul McVeigh, Brooklyn – Colm Toibin, Mother and Sons – Colm Toibin, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox – Maggie O’Farrell, The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry, The Commitments – Roddy Doyle, Dracula – Bram Stoker, The Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien, Ulysses – James Joyce, A Girl is a Half Formed Thing – Eimear McBride, Hawthorn & Child – Keith Ridgway, The Secret Chord – Geraldine Brooks, With A Zero At Its Heart – Charles Lambert, What Belongs To You – Garth Greenwell, How To Be Both – Ali Smith, Shark – Will Self, The USA Trilogy – John Dos Passos, HHhH – Laurent Binet, The Wake – Paul Kingsnorth, Mitko – Garth Greenwell, A Brief History of Seven Killings – Marlon James, All The Birds, Singing – Evie Wyld, The Night Watch – Sarah Waters, The Cauliflower – Nicola Barker, Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff, Any Human Heart – William Boyd, The Magnificent Spinster – May Sarton, Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift, Happenstance – Carol Shields, The Alexandria Quartet – Lawrence Durrell, One Point Two Billion – Mahesh Rao, The Redemption of Galen Pike – Carys Davies, The Year of the Runaways.
Next time on the Readers () Thomas and Simon will be back in two weeks when they will be back with more book based banter. If you missed the latest (and last in the series) of You Wrote The Book do go and listen, his guest is Joanna Cannon and they discuss her wonderful debut novel The Trouble With Goats and Sheep. You Wrote The Book will return in mid to late April.
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