Tracey Thorn
Book Shambles with Robin Ince and Josie Long
Tracey Thorn started out as one half of the chart topping group Everything But the Girl but is now a top selling critically acclaimed author. Her latest book, Another Planet is an exploration of growing up in suburbia. She joins Josie and Robin to talk about that, discovering new art before the internet, trying to look cool by what books you like, generational divide, Jack Reacher and Robin’s just watched Horse Girl on Netflix.
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Reading List
Tracey recommends:
I Remember, I Remember by Philip Larkin
The work of Albert Camus
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child
The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
M Train by Patti Smith
Just Kids by Patti Smith
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir by Joyce Johnson
Robin recommends:
Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn
Naked at the Albert Hall by Tracey Thorn
Another Planet by Tracey Thorn
The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour
The Fortean Times
Viz
How To Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford
The work of Harlan Coben
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry
Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson
Josie recommends:
How to Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price
Lanark: A Life in Four Book say Alasdair Gray
Such a Fine Age by Kiley Reid
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I’m reading Tracey Thorns first book which lead me to this podcast. I didn’t know about the second book which I definitely will read as like the style of writing. Enjoying listening to this .. passed the time that would’ve passed anyway ☺️but in a much more interesting way .. a good listen that makes your mind focus in this surreal weird world we are living in at the moment