William Boyd - The Flaming Terrapin (Part 2)

The Moon Under Water

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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*This is part 2 of William Boyd's episode. Though you are free to listen in whichever order you so desire we really do recommend listening to part 1 first or things might be slightly confusing*

Oh to be sitting in front of a roaring fire at your favourite pub. Book in one hand, pint in the other... is there any better feeling? It's almost impossible to capture the sheer perfection of such a moment in print. However, a handful of writers have been able to bring moments like that to life, and this week's guest is one of the finest novelists the Other Realm has ever produced. It's the incredible William Boyd.

William is an acclaimed author whose works of fiction have been celebrated the world over. His novels include A Good Man in Africa, The New Confessions and Any Human Heart, and his latest book The Romantic has received widespread critical acclaim. His experiences in pubs all over the world have helped him create pubs in his own pieces of fiction, meaning that he arrives at The Moon Under Water armed with a deep knowledge of what makes the perfect drinking establishment.. and we cannot wait for him to join us.

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0:00.0	Thank you.
0:02.0	Oh, Welcome back to the Moon Underwater.
0:28.7	It is I, your landlord, at John Robbins,
0:31.5	and with me the lovely Robin Allander, the regular here at the Moon Underwater.
0:35.2	And we are midway through creating Will Boyd's dream
0:39.0	pub. Will's book The Romantic is out now. We've been discussing it in part one. It's a whole life
0:45.0	novel following Cashel Greville Ross through the Battle of Waterloo, his engagement with
0:51.4	the romantic poets. And that has given inspiration to the pub quiz. So Robin,
0:58.6	let's take people off those Keatsian tenterhooks. Thanks, John. Yes, this week's pub quiz was about
1:05.3	romantic poetry and Britpop, how one influence the other. So do you want me to do the big six romantic poets for our listeners, or should we just go through it, John?
1:15.6	What do you think?
1:16.2	Well, I think it's too late now because you didn't do it when you asked the question.
1:19.9	Absolutely right.
1:20.7	Okay.
1:21.4	So question one was Swade's song, Heroin, with an E, begins with the line, she walks in beauty like the night.
1:27.3	And from which romantic poet was this line
1:29.4	borrowed, John?
1:31.0	Oh, don't ask me first.
1:32.4	I was just going to copy what Will said.
1:34.0	Okay.
1:35.0	I'll say, Byron.
1:37.6	Okay.
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