The Guardian Books Podcast
A weekly podcast presented by the Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, for author interviews, readings and discussions - plus a full recording of our monthly book club.
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Guantánamo Diary: Elif Shafak reads an extract – podcast
Mohamedou Ould Slahi describes a 2002 interrogation in the latest ...
Mohamedou Ould Slahi describes a 2002 interrogation in the latest of our extracts from his Guantánamo Diary, read by Elif Shafak
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Guantánamo Diary: Dominic West reads an extract – podcast
Mohamedou Ould Slahi gives a disturbing account of American interrogation ...
Mohamedou Ould Slahi gives a disturbing account of American interrogation techniques in this extract from his Guantánamo Diary, read by Dominic West
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Kazuo Ishiguro on The Remains of the Day – books podcast
The much-acclaimed novelist comes to the Guardian book club to ...
The much-acclaimed novelist comes to the Guardian book club to discuss his Booker-winning novel
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Reading tips for 2015 and James Wallman on the perils of possessions – books podcast
A look at the most appetising new books due out ...
A look at the most appetising new books due out this year, with novels from Kazuo Ishiguro and Anne Tyler and much to read about the general election. Plus the dangers of having too much stuff
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Caitlin Moran: all about the girl, again - books podcast
John Crace digests Caitlin Moran's debut novel, How to Build ...
John Crace digests Caitlin Moran's debut novel, How to Build a Girl, down to 600 words, and wonders what it adds to the autobiography that set her on the crest of the fourth wave of feminism
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Martin Amis: back in the danger zone? - books podcast
John Crace digests Martin Amis's new novel The Zone of ...
John Crace digests Martin Amis's new novel The Zone of Interest down to 600 words, and wonders if he was wise to return to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
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Val McDermid: Jane Austen's equal? - books podcast
John Crace digests Val McDermid's update of Northanger Abbey, and ...
John Crace digests Val McDermid's update of Northanger Abbey, and asks if her attempt to square up to Austen's gothic melodrama is fine or foolhardy
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Hillary Clinton: the big reveal? – books podcast
John Crace digests Hillary Clinton's latest autobiography, and picks it ...
John Crace digests Hillary Clinton's latest autobiography, and picks it over for clues to vital questions – what does she really think of Obama?
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Haruki Murakami: Cult of the colourless? - books podcast
John Crace digests Murakami's latest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and ...
John Crace digests Murakami's latest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage, and wonders if the bestselling Japanese author has bleached the life out of his fiction
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William Gibson on Neuromancer - books podcast
The seer of cyberspace joins the Guardian book club to ...
The seer of cyberspace joins the Guardian book club to talk about his prophetic debut novel, which predicted the virtual world
