The Digested Read podcast

The Digested Read podcast

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The Digested Read podcast episodes

October 02, 2009 The Digested Read podcast: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
John Crace gets lost in thickets of leaden prose as he unravels the mysteries of Dan Brown's new crypto-thriller
7 min
October 02, 2009 Digested classic podcast: Mr Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner
John Crace is cast adrift on the seas of Sylvia Townsend Warner's classic, Mr Fortune's Maggot
8 min
October 02, 2009 Digested classic podcast: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
John Crace sets off in deadly pursuit of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
8 min
October 02, 2009 The Digested Read podcast: The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
John Crace traces the evolution of the greatest scientist on earth in Richard Dawkins's latest Darwinian masterpiece
6 min
September 29, 2009 The Digested Read podcast: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by William Shawcross
John Crace does obeisance before William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother
6 min
September 11, 2009 Digested classic podcast: Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
John Crace endures an orgy of sex and philosophy as he wrestles his way out of the ashram
8 min
August 28, 2009 The digested classic podcast: Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
John Crace goes to the Potteries
8 min
August 27, 2009 The Digested Read podcast: Starting Over by Tony Parsons
John Crace. Writes. In very. Short sentences.
12 min
August 21, 2009 Digested classic podcast: Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
John Crace bids to become Master of the Novelverse
7 min
August 19, 2009 Digested read podcast: The Occupied City by David Peace
John Crace embarks on a a GLITZKRIEG of PRETENTIOUSNESS
7 min

About The Digested Read podcast

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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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