In this episode I'm discussing why Fallout is a really well-written game that is enjoyable to read. Watch the video I made for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFQegiKwYb0 Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographerThank you to my Patrons:SophiaKieranLaraRyan

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It's the conclusion of David Peace's brutal Red Riding tetralogy, and I'll tell you everything I can figure out about these great books. SPOILERS!My version: David Peace, '1983', London: Serpent's Tail, 2018 (originally 2002).Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographerThank you to my Patrons:SophiaKieranLaraRyanThe timeline I used for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/njfvh8/the_chronology_of_david_peaces_red_riding_quartet/

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Welcome back to David Peace's depraved, depressive, degenerate Yorkshire.My version: David Peace, '1980', London: Serpent's Tail, 2018 (originally 2001).Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographerThank you to my Patrons:SophiaKieranLaraRyan

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We're back in the depraved, degenerate world of David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. I'm continuing the series and talking about the second in the series..My version: David Peace, '1977', London: Serpent's Tail, 2018 (originally 2000).Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/jamesmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographer

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Delve into the gloomy, drunken, rainy world of the Red Riding Quartet.My version: David Peace, '1974', London: Serpent's Tail, 2018.Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/jamesmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographer

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Why does Hemingway suck? Specifically, why does this novel of his suck? I'll tell you.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographerMy version: Ernest Hemingway, 'The Old Man and the Sea', St Albans: Triad/Panther Books, 1976.Attribution for sound effects:https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/game-show-buzzer-sound-effect/https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/applauding-and-cheering/https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/aww-sound-effect/https://freesound.org/people/noah0189/sounds/264499/

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In this episode of the Bibliographer Podcast, I finally get around to finishing Finnegans Wake and discuss my favourite bits chapter by chapter.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: instagram.com/thebibliographerMy version: James Joyce, 'Finnegans Wake', London: Penguin, 1992.

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In this episode I'm discussing Ian McEwan's most recent novel, and thinking about what it means to be conscious.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonIan McEwan, 'Machines Like Me', London: Vintage, 2020.

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In this episode, I'm joined by my good friend and fellow lit-lover Holly Raynes-Elliott to discuss Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'. We discuss feminism, depression, whether it's any good or not, and Marco the Woman Hater. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonSylvia Plath [VIctoria Lucas], 'The Bell Jar', Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1963.

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This month I'm discussing some of my favourite German crime fiction novels, from the trashiest of the unknown to the best of Dürrenmatt. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonBooks mentioned:Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 'Das Versprechen', Munich: Diogenes, 1985, and 'Der Richter und Sein Henker', Zürich: Diogenes, 1985.Bruno Varese, 'Die Tote am Lago Maggiore: Ein Fall für Matteo Basso', Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2016.Daniela Larcher, 'Die Zahl', Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2008.Gisa Klönne, 'Der Wald ist Schweigen', Berlin: Ullstein, 2005.Martin Schöne, 'Wolf hetzt die Meute', Bielefeld: Pendragon, 2014.

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In this episode I'm chatting about Anthony Swofford's memoir of the Gulf War 'Jarhead'. Is it possible to find any truth in memoirs? How reliable is the memoir, particularly when it focuses on something as traumatic as war? And how important a role does masculinity play in young men signing up to war?Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebibliographerMy version: Anthony Swofford, 'Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War', London: Scribner, 2003.Image of Anthony Swofford by Dan Winters for Simon & Schuster.

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On this episode of the Bibliographer Podcast, I discuss the unreadability of 'Finnegans Wake', try and read some of the more lyrical passages from it, and argue why I think the whole thing was a 17-year-long practical joke.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebibliographerMy version: James Joyce, 'Finnegans Wake', London: Penguin, 1992.

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In this episode of the Bibliographer Podcast, I discuss the long list of Ian McEwan's books I've read, the two most recent which I've got on my shelf but am yet to finish, his beautiful writing style, and which of his novels are my favourite.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebibliographerimage credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan#/media/File:Salon_du_livre_de_Paris_2011_-_Ian_McEwan_-_003.jpg

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In the second episode of the Bibliographer podcast, I talk about Gore Vidal's historical novel 'Julian' and the philosophical insights it offers into the human condition.Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jmalstonFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebibliographerMy version: Gore Vidal, 'Julian', New York: Modern Library, 1970.

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