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|  | | | | | | | | Maev Kennedy was born in Dublin in 1954, the child of two writers who subsidised literary work with jobbing journalism. She worked for many years for the Irish Times, ultimately as parliamentary and political sketch writer. Maev wrote on arts and politics for a wide range of Irish and British publications, before joining the staff of the Guardian, where after a stint of editing the Guardian Diary, she is now Arts and Heritage Correspondent. She lives in London with her son Samuel.
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|  | | Detail from the bookcover of 'Oh, Play That Thing' by Roddy Doyle.
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This week's programme
Maev Kennedy talks to Roddy Doyle about 'Oh, Play That Thing', the second novel in a planned trilogy in which the picaresque adventures of Henry Smart continue. Sharon Monteith gives us a Reader's guide to Philip Roth. We explore scent - Italian perfumier Lowra Tonnato has been inspired to create the smells evoked in fiction. Plus office life in modern literature and the memoirs of the sacked.
Programme book list
1) Oh, Play That Thing - Roddy Doyle
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 0224074369
2) A Star Called Henry - Roddy Doyle
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099284480
3) Paddy Clarke HA HA HA - Roddy Doyle
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0749397357
4) The Woman Who Walked Into Doors - Roddy Doyle
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0749395990
Smells and Literature
The Literary Fragrance Exhibition is at Waterstone's, Piccadilly, until 10 th October.
5) In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140911162
6) Perfume - Patrick Suskind
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140120831
7) Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140620990
8) The Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 009959241X
9) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142437204
10) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140621792
11) The History of Mr Polly - H.G. Wells
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 0004226925
Philip Roth novels
12) The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 0224074539
13) The Zuckerman Trilogy - Philip Roth
a) The Ghost Writer
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 0224017640
b) Zuckerman Unbound
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679748997
c) The Anatomy Lesson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140074813
14) The Human Stain - Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099282194
15) American Pastoral - Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099771810
16) Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099466864
17) Goodbye Columbus - Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679748261
18) I Married A Communist - Philip Roth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099287838
Office Fiction
19) Inside Story - Greg Dyke
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0007192339
20) Bartleby the Scrivener - Herman Melville
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 0974607800
21) Mr Phillips - John Lanchester
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571201717
22) Bonjour Paresse - Corinne Maier
Publisher: Editions Michalon
An English translation will be published soon.
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