The World According to Garp by John Irving

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🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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John Irving's fourth novel The World According to Garp (1978) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to explore this unlikely bestseller and discuss its contemporary relevance are author Nikita Lalwani (You People) and novelist and screenwriter Matt Thorne (8 Minutes Idle), both returning to the podcast after their joint appearance on episode #63, Something Happened by Joseph Heller. This week John has also been reading Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage by the late Tim Robinson. And with so many Bob Dylan fans gathered together for the show, it was inevitable talk would turn to the Nobel Prize winner's first new songs for eight years, 'Murder Most Foul' and 'I Contain Multitudes'.Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)18'48 - Stones of Arran: Pilgrimage by Tim Robinson24'32 - Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' and 'I Contain Multitudes'.30'23 - The World According to Garp by John Irving* 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	And the You've seen that Twitter thread bookcase credibility in which Zoom callers are analysed based on their
0:23.6	bookcase background. I have Heenist bookcase credibility at the moment
0:27.9	because I'm in a child's bedroom. So... That's your bedroom, that's not a child's bedroom. That's a child's bedroom. Come on. But I think you've got decent bookcase credibility from what I can see, Andy.
0:40.0	Are your books locked away, Andy? Like they're in a glass case or something is that is that special?
0:46.0	That would be.
0:48.0	Oh dear.
0:49.0	Oh dear.
0:50.0	No they're not in a glass case but you are you are perceptive because those shelves came with doors, but I just didn't use the doors.
1:00.0	So the shelving units.
1:03.0	That's an aesthetic choice, you mate.
1:07.0	I didn't ask you here to judge me, L'Alwani.
1:12.0	But thanks.
1:15.0	Have you ordered them alphabetically?
1:17.0	That's frowned upon, I think, in bookcase credibility?
1:20.0	No.
1:21.0	Working in a bookshop for many years,
1:22.0	cured me of that. I keep the I keep authors together.
1:27.0	Oh that's interesting.
1:28.0	Mostly I don't do anything more formal than that which means I do spend a lot of time not quite
1:33.3	knowing I mean every room in the house has got books in it so I don't I don't quite
1:37.0	know where things are half the time what about you we never really talked
1:40.0	about this what do you and I've been to your house John I know you've got books everywhere and not in any
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