The boys are looking at Philip Pullman's Northern Lights and whilst they cover all the important bits like armour wearing polar bears, truth compasses and Nordic references, they spend most of the episode exploring the main question that comes from reading this book: are the daemons fornicating or aren't they? Spoilers and swearing abound.

#032 Northern Lights (AKA The Golden Compass), Philip Pullman

Tired of the same-old serious book analysis in podcasts? Well, we were. 

To solve this, Ryan and Callum started Smug Book Club. A podcast that gets literature 'lit' and puts the 'ok' into books. Every fortnight, the team releases an episode on a book. It can be old, new, classic or not, anything is up for discussion.

Expect foul-language and spoilers, but don't worry if you haven't read the novel, we've done it for you.

Follow us on Twitter: @SmugBookClub

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Tired of the same-old serious book analysis in podcasts? Well, we were. To solve this, Ryan and Callum started Smug Book Club. A podcast that gets literature 'lit' and puts the 'ok' into books. Every fortnight, the team releases an episode on a book. It can be old, new, classic or not, anything is up for discussion. Expect foul-language and spoilers, but don't worry if you haven't read the novel, we've done it for you. Follow us on Twitter: @SmugBookClub

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#032 Northern Lights (AKA The Golden Compass), Philip Pullman