Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

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🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this edition of the podcast that gives new life to old books novelist Joanna Walsh and critic and academic Sarah Churchwell join John & Andy to talk about Anita Loos' Jazz Age novel. Also discussed: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Bedouin of the London Evening, an anthology of poems by Rosemary Tonks. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 6'14 - The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich 12'45 - Bedouin of the London Evening by Rosemary Tonks 25'11 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos * 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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