In this episode our theme is London. At 19 minutes you will find an interview with author Jennifer Kavanagh about her book ‘Let Me Take You by the Hand, True Tales from the London’s Streets’. You can find more about Jennifer and her work here https://www.jenniferkavanagh.co.uk/
There is an eclectic Spotify playlist to accompany this episode and you can it here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27R7wCg3896XowhqMszYyg?si=297b766b62c34384
Here are some of the books we mention ( Lara and Paul are preparing a more extensive bibliography of London books so keep an eye on our website www.bookylicious.com for that):
What Paul, Gwyn, Holly and Lara reading:
Emily St John Mandel – Station Eleven
Pat Barker – Silence of the Girls, Regeneration Trilogy
Ian Fleming – Man with the Golden Gun
Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind
Books set in or about London:
Henry Mayhew – London Labour and the London Poor
Arthur Conan Doyle – The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Perry – The Essex Serpent
Zadie Smith – NW and White Teeth
Colin MacInnes – City of Spades
Beryl Bainbridge – The Bottle Factory Outing
Ben Aaronovitch – Rivers of London
Andrew Taylor – Ashes of London
Charles Dickens - Bleak House
Iris Murdoch - Under the Net
