About this episode

The episode discusses Anita Brookner's novel 'Look At Me' along with other literary works.

This is a vintage Backlisted episode recorded back in 2017. John and Andy were joined by Una McCormack and Lucy Scholes to discuss Anita Brookner's third novel Look At Me (1982), a tale of intergalactic piracy in a far off star syste... No, not really. The Cake And The Rain, Jimmy Webb's memoir of life in the 60's music industry, and We That Are Young a reworking of King Lear set in India by Preti Taneja, are the other books John & Andy were reading. * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early plus extra bonus episodes and exclusive writing, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted *You can sign up to our free monthly newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: John, Andy

Guests: Una McCormack, Lucy Scholes

Topics covered

• Anita Brookner
• literature discussion
• book recommendations
• vintage podcast
• King Lear reimagining
• music industry memoir

Keywords

• Anita Brookner
• Look At Me
• The Cake And The Rain
• We That Are Young
• Jimmy Webb
• Preti Taneja
• literature
• podcast
• bookshop

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Look At Me, The Cake And The Rain, We That Are Young

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