Rebecca Peyton and Philippa Perry
Book Shambles
This week Philippa Perry joins Robin as co-host and they chat with writer and performer Rebecca Peyton. They talk about the process of working with editors, psychotherapy, the joy of a good sad book and the work of Joseph Heller, Min Jin Lee, Joseph Conrad and more.
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Reading List
Philippa recommends:
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Couch Fiction by Philippa Perry
How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Rebecca recommends:
I’m a Joke and So Are You by Robin Ince
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich
Something Happened by Joseph Heller
Getting Hurt by Andrew Davies
Phantoms in the Brain by VS Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
Any Other Mouth by Anneliese Mackintosh
The State of Africa by Martin Meredith
Messy by Tim Harford
Collusion by Luke Harding
Robin recommends:
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O’Brien
Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister by Rebecca Peyton
The Art of Invective by Dennis Potter
The Coming of Godot by Jonathon Coral
Joan Littlewood: Dreams and Realities by Peter Rankin
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