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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos


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In this edition of the podcast that gives new life to old books novelist Joanna Walsh and critic and academic Sarah Churchwell join John & Andy to talk about Anita Loos' Jazz Age novel. Also discussed: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Bedouin of the London Evening, an anthology of poems by Rosemary Tonks.


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6'14 - The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

12'45 - Bedouin of the London Evening by Rosemary Tonks

25'11 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos


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