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Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes

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Arts, Books, Leisure, Hobbies

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode to discuss Absolute Beginners, the classic novel of London teenage life set around Soho and Notting Hill. Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 13'25 - Beast by Paul Kingsnorth 19'06 - Absolute Beginners by Colin Macinnes * 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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0:00.0

The I'm not doing a ten baby.

0:15.0

Not anymore.

0:18.0

I know I'm with you on that why why would you know the side of that

0:22.0

I'm with you on that why would you know the side? I'm a ten.

0:23.0

I'm a ten.

0:24.0

Did you that little higher pitch in my voice?

0:26.0

Oh, come on.

0:27.0

I don't know.

0:28.0

Come on everyone.

0:30.0

Come on everyone, let's go camping for.

0:33.0

Glamping, it's got to be the ugliest word, the obvious thing.

0:37.0

Oh, Jonathan, surely.

0:40.0

He doesn't do it.

0:41.0

They don't do it in North.

0:42.0

I'm sorry, I was going to say't we don't go outside London for us.

0:45.2

Well unless we jump to New York. I mean I'm hoping we've got a bit of

0:50.3

but if I've slammed slangtastic kind of

0:53.2

I've got some slangtastic info but it's some we'll see we'll see on that note

0:59.5

hello and welcome to backlisted the podcast that gives new life to old books.

1:04.0

As usual, we gathered around the kitchen table in the luxurious Islington Canal Side Office

1:08.8

of Unbound, the website which brings authors and readers together to make great books. You might hear

1:14.1

ducks quack, you might hear kettles boil, but that's the joy of a rich audio

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