Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of June’s book, The Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett (translated from the French by the author and Patrick Bowles) published in 1951 (up to Page 209 "I fear I may have fallen asleep again" if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we’ll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we’ll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 30th June), we’ll look at the second half of the book (in this case from Page 209 "I fear I may have fallen asleep again"). We’ll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it’s a book we’d recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don’t have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I’ll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we’ll be reading for July is All the birds, singing by Evie Wyld (so get that ready if you’re going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! Roger

Content Warning: I've removed any explicit language. There are some adult themes throughout the work (sex and violence) so do check the content of the novel before continuing.

Future Reads:

July: All the birds, singing by Evie Wyld 

August: Books 1 and 2 of François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel (trans. by J.M.Cohen)

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