1Cynfelyn
I've just listened to the first episode of 'The Exploding Library', with Mark Watson (1) talking about Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman. First broadcast today (https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl7j/2021/11/25) at 11:30, it'll presumably be on BBC Sounds long-term (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011s0q).
I read The Poor Mouth and The Best of Myles years ago, but somehow never got around to The Third Policeman or At Swim-Two-Birds. A target for 2022.
Future programmes include Josie Long on Jean Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight and Daliso Chaponda on Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night.
I'm going to need a lot of persuading to add those two to Mount TBR.
I read The Poor Mouth and The Best of Myles years ago, but somehow never got around to The Third Policeman or At Swim-Two-Birds. A target for 2022.
Future programmes include Josie Long on Jean Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight and Daliso Chaponda on Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night.
I'm going to need a lot of persuading to add those two to Mount TBR.
2Cynfelyn
The third (and final?) programme of the second series of BBC Radio 4's 'The Exploding Library' aired recently:
"In this series, a trio of comedians explode and unravel their most cherished cult books, paying homage to the tone and style of the original text - and blurring and warping the lines between fact and fiction. As our hosts shine the spotlight on strange, funny and sometimes disturbing novels, listeners are invited to inhabit their eccentric worlds - gaining a deeper understanding of their workings and the unique literary minds that created them."
2.1. Comedian Natasha Hodgson is entangled in the slippery world of The unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro.
2.2. Athena Kugblenu searches for Rosemary Tonks, author of The Bloater, a writer who 'vanished like the Cheshire Cat'
2.3. Writer and comedian John-Luke Roberts enters the labyrinthine world of Infinite jest, by David Foster Wallace
Series one and two are both available on BBC Sounds at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011s0t/episodes/player (geographic limitations may apply).
"In this series, a trio of comedians explode and unravel their most cherished cult books, paying homage to the tone and style of the original text - and blurring and warping the lines between fact and fiction. As our hosts shine the spotlight on strange, funny and sometimes disturbing novels, listeners are invited to inhabit their eccentric worlds - gaining a deeper understanding of their workings and the unique literary minds that created them."
2.1. Comedian Natasha Hodgson is entangled in the slippery world of The unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro.
2.2. Athena Kugblenu searches for Rosemary Tonks, author of The Bloater, a writer who 'vanished like the Cheshire Cat'
2.3. Writer and comedian John-Luke Roberts enters the labyrinthine world of Infinite jest, by David Foster Wallace
Series one and two are both available on BBC Sounds at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011s0t/episodes/player (geographic limitations may apply).
