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The desert island disc of books. Authors, writers and readers discuss the books that shaped them throughout their lives.
In the latest installment of The Books That Made Me podcast, Vicky chatted to recent winner of the EU Prize for Literature 2019, Jan Carson, about some of her most beloved books. Highlights include a wake for the character of Mr Poirot in The Carson household, a shared teenage obsession with Wuthering Heights and fragility and transient nature of memory. Books featured in this episode include: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken / The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr/ And Then There Was None by Agatha Christie/ The Poirot Series by Agatha Christie/ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte/ A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor/ Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor/ Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor/ Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders/ The Abortion by Richard Brodigan/ Trout Fishing In America by Richard Brodigan/ On The Night Boat To Tangier by Kevin Barry/ St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves by Karen Russell/ Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Books That Made Me
The desert island disc of books. Authors, writers and readers discuss the books that shaped them throughout their lives.