Welcome to Backlisted.

This is the first of a series of reruns of our back catalogue.

And the book that we are rerunning today is William Goldings, The Inheritors.

And the show is now six years old.

It was from June 2020.

What do you remember about this one?

What do you remember about it?

I remember it being one of the better ones.

There's the hard sell for anyone who's tuned in now.

Thanks, Nicky.

Thanks for that positive endorsement.

What I remember, Andy, is this book was on that little list that we made in La Poulo Poe in 2000 and maybe even 2014 or early in

2015, the very original list of books that we thought would be fun to talk about.

And you said, yeah, William Golding, everybody wants to talk about

Lord of the Flies. Who wants to talk about the Inheritus? And I said, the Inheritus is my

favourite William Golding novel. Is that what I said? Yeah. In fact, that was almost your,

I mean, that was almost your impersonation of me, wasn't it? Hey. It's really not my impersonation of you. I don't impersonate you, Andy. I do impersonate a lot of people, as you know. It's hard to hang on to. As my dad used to say, my dear departed daddy said, I don't know. I can't tell either of you apart. I don't know when you're speaking. I said, why does that matter, Dad? Well, I want to know what you're saying. I said, yeah, we know. Anyway.

Actually, John... know when you're speaking. I said, why does that matter, Dad? Well, I want to know what you're saying.

I said, yeah, we know. Anyway. Actually, John, I hate to break it to you, but your dad like me more.

Almost that, that, Andy, goes without saying.

Well, we're off topic. This is a rerun, isn't it?

Yes, this is a rerun.

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