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Series 3, Episode 3 - Francis Spufford

AuthorListening Books, Francis Spufford

NarratorFrancis Spufford, Jessica Stone

SeriesThe Listening Books Podcast, Book 3

Duration47m

CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Biography and Autobiography

PublisherListening Books

VersionUnabridged

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Author Francis Spufford talks about what it's been like to launch his new novel, Light Perpetual, during a pandemic, the many talents and accents required of audiobook narrator Imogen Church, the fondness he holds for his 'unlikable' characters, and why the narrator was especially important for his historical novel Golden Hill. To top it off, he delivers a beautiful reflection on the extraordinariness of our ordinary lives. Books Francis Recommends for the Audiobook Listening Challenge Historical Fiction: Antonia Hodgson's Tom Hawkins series, specifically The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins and The Silver Collar Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower, The Beginning of Spring, Innocence, and The Gate of Angels Nonfiction: Oliver Morton's The Moon: A History for the Future

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