We debate Two Serious Ladies, the neglected 1940s ‘cult’ classic by Jane Bowles, and David Grossman’s A Horse Walks Into A Bar, which won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.
For our regular interview, we talk to Kat Brown about how she started the Jilly Cooper Book Club.
Book recommendations
- To The End Of The Land by David Grossman
- The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
- Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
- Rivals and Harriet by Jilly Cooper
- La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust) by Philip Pullman
- The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown
- Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Notes
Jane Bowles
Read ‘The Madness of Queen Jane’ by Negar Azimi in The New Yorker
Friend of the show Simon Thomas (Book of the Year Club) reviews Two Serious Ladies.
David Grossman
Read this wonderfully in-depth New Yorker profile on David Grossman.
Jilly Cooper
Seek out the Jilly Cooper Book Club using #jillybookclub on Twitter or on Facebook.
Kat Brown is on Twitter @katbrown and Instagram @katbrownwrites
Dive into the world of Jilly Cooper.
‘Booker prize shortlist? Whatevs.’ Find out why Jess Cartner-Morley would rather be reading Jilly Cooper.
Listen to Daisy Buchanan, fellow alumna of the Jilly Cooper book club, discussing Imogen by Jilly Cooper on this episode of Backlisted podcast.
