Colm Tóibín essays, and revisiting Shirley Hazzard

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Chris Power talks to Colm Tóibín about A Guest at the Feast, a collection of essays which span his illness, Wexford upbringing, religion and banned books. Plus with a new biography of Australian-born Shirley Hazzard, its author Brigitta Olubas talks about her extraordinary life and work. Stephanie Merritt, also known as SJ Parris, joins to discuss why The Transit of Venus may be one of the great, overlooked 20th century novels. Presenter: Chris Power Reader: Joanna Monro Producer: Ciaran Bermingham Book List – Sunday 30 October and Thursday 3 November A Guest at the Feast by Colm Tóibín The South by Colm Tóibín The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien Couples by John Updike The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre The Dark by John McGahern The Pornographer by John McGahern Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Defeat of an Ideal by Shirley Hazzard Countenance of Truth by Shirley Hazzard Greene on Capri: A Memoir by Shirley Hazzard The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard