Rupert Thomson
Book Shambles
Rupert Thomson is the author of thirteen highly acclaimed novels and an award winning memoir. He has spent timing living all around the world and his latest novel, Barcelona Dreaming, comes from the six years he spent living in the Spanish city. He talks to Robin and Josie about the book, the city and what it’s like finding out one of your novels was on David Bowie’s 100 Greatest Books of All Time List.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
Barcelona Dreaming by Rupert Thomson
The Insult by Rupert Thomson
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer
Satantango by László Krasznahorkai
Air and Fire by Rupert Thomson
The work of Henry Miller
High Rise by JJ Ballard
The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor
The work of Jean Rhys
This Party’s Got to Stop by Rupert Thomson
Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
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