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EL James: black and blue and read all over? – books podcast
31/12/2015 | 14 mins.
John Crace whips through the lastest instalment of EL James’s sado-masochistic bestseller, Grey, and asks if it’s time to apply the safe word
Michel Houellebecq: profane or prophetic? – books podcast
30/12/2015 | 16 mins.
John Crace squashes Houellebecq’s Submission and asks whether the sacred monster of French fiction is just making trouble for its own sake
TS Eliot: beyond commentary? – books podcast
29/12/2015 | 16 mins.
John Crace puts the annotated editon of the Nobel laureate’s poetical works through the wringer and assesses the stature of the modernist master
Kazuo Ishiguro: roaring giant or sleeping dragon? – books podcast
28/12/2015 | 15 mins.
John Crace boils down The Buried Giant and asks whether this genre-bending quest novel is destined for the halls of glory or the mists of forgetfulness
Harper Lee: a happy return to Maycomb? – books podcast
25/12/2015 | 15 mins.
John Crace puts the squeeze on Go Set a Watchman, and considers its effect on the author’s reputation

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About The Digested Read podcast

A podcast version of John Crace's wickedly satirical Guardian column, lampooning the literary style of leading authors by summarising their books in five minutes

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