Russell Kane
Book Shambles with Robin Ince and guest co-host Helen Czerski
In the first Book Shambles of 2020, Robin is joined by his Science Shambles co-host Helen Czerski to chat with comedian and author Russell Kane. They chat about Russell’s new book Son of a Silverback, the reactions to it from other alpha-man silverbacks and children thereof, as well as Evelyn Waugh, personalising comedy, emotional equality, Michael Rosen and much more.
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Reading List
Russell recommends:
An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Robin recommends:
Son of a Silverback by Russell Kane
Will This Do? by Auberon Waugh
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen
Bubbles by Helen Czerski
Octopuses by Helen Scales
Stand and Deliver by Adam Ant
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
I’m a Joke and So Are You by Robin Ince
Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski
Helen recommends:
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
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