A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Andy & John are joined by literary agent Claire Conville and writer and author Rowan Pelling to discuss James Salter's 1967 novel of lust and imagination. The book, a description of an affair between an American college drop out and a French shop girl, has been acclaimed by critics as 'nearly perfect' and 'extraordinary'. Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 5'08 - Rhapsody by Dorothy Edwards 9'54 - The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter * 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 and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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