The Digested Read podcast

The Digested Read podcast

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The Digested Read podcast episodes

May 29, 2009 Digested Classic podcast: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
John Crace journeys into post-apocalypse Britain
8 min
May 20, 2009 Digested Read: Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch
John Crace digests David Aaronovitch's book about significant conspiracy theories, from the death of Diana to the moon landings
6 min
May 15, 2009 Herzog by Saul Bellow
John Crace writes lots of letters, but doesn't send them
8 min
May 12, 2009 Digested read podcast: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
John Crace watches the acclaimed novelist take tips from Jeffrey Archer
6 min
May 08, 2009 The digested classic podcast: More Pricks Thank Kicks by Samuel Beckett
John Crace condenses the story of Belacqua Shuah - and wrestles with a lobster along the way
9 min
May 06, 2009 Digested read podcast: Confucius From the Heart by Yu Dan
John Crace inherits the mantle of the Great Sage
7 min
May 01, 2009 Digested classic podcast: Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe
John Crace goes on a major bender
7 min
April 28, 2009 Digested read: Under Their Thumb by Bill German
John Crace trails after a fan trailing after The Rolling Stones
6 min
April 28, 2009 The Digested Classics: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
John Crace puts on some damned elusive disguise
8 min
April 22, 2009 Digested Read podcast: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
John Crace gets to grips with some Big Questions
6 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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