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Episode image is a detail from the cover of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, published by Penguin Classics in 2000; the cover image is itself a detail from La Femme à la puce by Georges de La Tour, which is in the Musée Historique Lorrain, Nancy; the photo is by R. M. N-P. Bernard.
For the 93rd Second Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by inveterate dabbler, also photographer and writer, Katherine Leedale. They discuss books that keep you reading into the night, a failed Peeping Tom and an unhelpful feeling that certain things are not for us.
Another book by Toby Litt, Corpsing, is discussed in Page One 63.
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is also discussed in Page One 151 (particularly in the unedited version of that episode) and Page One 189. Other books by Vladimir Nabokov discussed on the podcast are Lolita (Page One 71) and Collected Stories (Page One 162).
You can find out more about Charles Adrian’s alter-ego Ms Samantha Mann here. Photos of Ms Samantha Mann by Katherine are here.
Episode released: 16th August, 2016.
Book listing:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Finding Myself by Toby Litt
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
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