The Lowlife by Alexander Baron

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🗓️ 15 April 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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John and Andy are at the dogs this week, discussing the 1963 cult novel The Lowlife by Alexander Baron. They are joined by London enthusiast Peter Watts(the first person to write a biography of Battersea Power Station) and Gary Budden, author and director of ground-breaking indie Influx Press. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 8'06 - Ludo and the Star Horse by Mary Stewart 14'49 - Rex v Edith Thompson: A Tale of Two Murders by Laura Thompson 20'36 - The Lowlife by Alexander Baron *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, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The I've seen I've done to sort with my boys, didn't you know?
0:17.0	I've seen I've done to sort with my boys, didn't you know what...
0:20.0	It's marvelous. Andy, did you feel that the charges of cultural appropriation that have been...
0:27.0	I don't want to talk about the reasons probably entirely justified why it's problematic, because everything's problematic right everything good is
0:36.0	oh sorry it's brilliant I love
0:39.8	thank you there we go I can't just remember an hour and a half more joyfully spent.
0:45.0	I'm a long time lover of Wes Anderson's film.
0:48.0	Favorite.
0:50.0	Where's Anderson? That one?
0:51.0	Tenenbaum's is my favorite too.
0:53.0	Tenenbams.
0:54.0	I like Zizu as well.
0:55.0	Then Rushmore, I reckon.
0:57.0	I really like Mr.
0:58.0	Fantastic.
0:59.0	Fantastic Fox.
1:00.0	And Fantastic Mr Fox. He's myself better I agree, yeah, yeah.
1:02.0	It's brilliant fun. That's crazy about Grand Budapest Hotel.
1:07.0	So back to Isle of Dogs.
1:08.0	But it's good, it's nothing.
1:11.0	I thought the cold device of them using the Japanese for the humans was very clever.
1:15.0	I love dogs.
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