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![The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with James Kelman](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1586535/Screenshot-2023-10-30-160250.png)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner with James Kelman
Author James Kelman joins us to discuss James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, originally published in 1824. It tells...
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![The Other House with Sheridan Hay](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1575637/Screenshot-2023-10-16-104328.png)
The Other House with Sheridan Hay
Writer and scholar Sheridan Hay joins us to discuss The Other House by Henry James. An unusual work for the author in that it...
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![The Moon and the Bonfires with Patrick Preziosi](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1567213/Screenshot-2023-10-02-203927.png)
The Moon and the Bonfires with Patrick Preziosi
Writer and critic Patrick Preziosi joins us to discuss Cesare Pavese's The Moon and the Bonfires, translated from Italian by R. W. Flint. The...
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![A House and Its Head with John Darnielle](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1558688/Screenshot-2023-09-18-183610.png)
A House and Its Head with John Darnielle
Musician and author John Darnielle joins us to discuss A House and Its Head by Ivy Compton-Burnett, a wickedly funny novel first published in...
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![Butcher's Crossing with John Williams](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1549126/Screenshot-2023-09-04-110344.png)
Butcher's Crossing with John Williams
Washington Post books editor John Williams joins us to discuss... John Williams' Butcher's Crossing, orginally published in 1960. The story, set in the 1870s,...
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![The Go-Between with Vivek Narayanan](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1540888/Screenshot-2023-08-21-144633.jpg)
The Go-Between with Vivek Narayanan
Writer and poet Vivek Narayanan joins us to discuss L. P. Hartley's The Go-Between. We talk about how Hartley, in this novel about a...