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The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton

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Arts, Books, Leisure, Hobbies

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Novelists Lissa Evans and Stuart Evers join Andy & John to discuss Patrick Hamilton's 1947 tale of boarding-house life in wartime. Also, this week Andy has been reading Keith Waterhouse, while John talks about Padgett Powell's 'The Interrogative Mood'. If you like this episode, the 'Hamilton Extra' edition continues the discussion, with even more gin & it... Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 4'40 - The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell 10'45 - Palace Pier by Keith Waterhouse 17'38 - The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton * 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

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Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free. It was indeed the London Book Fair last week Andy the whole the whole of the

0:46.2

publishing world converged on Olympia and and much talking was, many fewer deals were done. I was there for two days but in and

0:57.4

hours as they say.

0:58.4

Listen, have you ever been to the book for it?

0:59.9

No, no, I'm too busy writing and the... Ouch!

1:05.0

By far the best way.

1:08.0

Are they any writer who goes to the Bookfare at Olympia would probably go back to their hotel room and sit with their head in their hands.

1:14.6

You know, demotivate it from...

1:16.6

aircraft hangar full of miserable people.

1:18.9

Well, I couldn't... I wouldn't hate to comment and agree with you entirely on that issue. It's good for, it's

1:26.7

great if you're, if you're selling rights and you're doing the deal and you're into doing

1:31.1

the deal and you're seeing people from all over Europe and from the states,

1:35.0

then it's good. But if you're a slightly feckless editor like I used to be,

1:39.0

you rather wonder from stand to stand thinking,

1:42.0

oh, what is this?

1:44.8

Too many books there are too many books that's what one.

1:47.4

I think there is that sense of overload just the sheer it's not quite on the same scale as Frankfurt where you think

1:54.2

this is absolute madness how can all these books exist simultaneously we have

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