About this episode

Bill Hastings discusses various books including a true crime story set in Paris in 1968.

Afternoons book critic Bill Hastings shares what he's been reading: Edward Chisholm, Murder in Paris '68, A True Story of Death and Glamour (Monoray, 2026) Zach Klein, Cabin Porn (Penguin 2015) and Zach Klein, Cabin Porn Inside (Penguin 2019). Harry Ricketts, Bonfires on the Ice (VUW, 2025).

People in this episode

Host: Bill Hastings

Topics covered

• book criticism
• true crime
• literature
• Paris
• 1968
• cabin culture

Keywords

• Murder in Paris
• Edward Chisholm
• Zach Klein
• Cabin Porn
• Harry Ricketts
• book review
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Murder in Paris '68, A True Story of Death and Glamour, Cabin Porn, Cabin Porn Inside, Bonfires on the Ice

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