Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Novelist Rupert Thomson joins John & Andy to talk about the work of French author Patrick Modiano, who's work explores the effect of the German occupation of his homeland during the Second World War. There's also a special edition of 'What I've Read This Week', where John talks about 'Identity of England' by Robert Colls, while Andy sets a bit of a puzzle... Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 5'17 - Anon. by Anon.14'04 - Identity of England by Robert Coles 21'39 - Narcissism for Beginners by Martine McDonagh 24'00 - Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano * 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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0:06.4	We're here for the Premier League,
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0:12.1	We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance.
0:17.0	We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy booths. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
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0:39.7	Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.
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0:51.0	Ready to spark something? Download The Sims 4 and play for free. So Rupert Thompson, you have the one in a hundred distinction of having been chosen by
1:21.2	David Bowie in his now famous list of a hundred favorite books and
1:26.4	we've talked about that list on that listed several times. I read a few books
1:31.7	from it because I was so fascinated to see them.
1:34.6	We did quite a few for a while, don't we?
1:36.3	I actually did one of the few writers on that list who's still alive.
1:42.4	What was it? Can you remember when you first were alerted to it? It was a funny story because I was living in Rome it was 1996 and I got this phone call one day from
1:53.0	I'm reading your book.
1:54.7	Interview magazine.
1:56.7	Remember that?
1:57.4	Remember Warhol's magazine, the huge magazine
1:59.8	as it was then.
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