{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/ebfc61aa-4f99-5083-a271-b0e653a90b3a/69ca437598052f52e8a0e0f4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 66: What We Read In March","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611638fc8b4903391e16f833/1774863127416-0faffbf7-1149-494e-bacd-0213e1a43b82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>&nbsp;We go long as Dean attempts the longest book in the English language, a really cool early gothic novel, and a cool new YA book; Alex reads books about how to be a good Prince, and the first female English playwright, and we both read our gift from Playgirl Carla.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Books discussed include:&nbsp;</p><p>- The Gnostic Gospels (ed. Alan Jacobs, 2005)</p><p>- The Boy From Elsewhere (Kestral Gaian, 2026)</p><p>- The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli, 1532)</p><p>- The Prince &amp; The Pauper (Mark Twain, 1881)</p><p>- The Monk (Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1796)</p><p>- The Rover (Aphra Behn, 1677)</p><p>- Kidnapped (R.L. Stevenson, 1886)</p><p>- Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson, 1748)</p><p><br></p><p>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/1328943046967008157/4202627554454141812#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">patreon.com/booksboys</a>&nbsp;for early access to our catalogue of shows, including the latest series of Playboys Extra and Darkplace Dreamers, plus Comedy Comrades and more. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"Booksboys.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Booksboys.com</a> for links to our socials, places to listen, merchandise, music and more. Listen to TheDean!'s latest album&nbsp;A Dozen Barely Salvageable on Spotify and buy his book The Life Of A Fellow Called Chester on Amazon.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"TheDean! & Alex Brown"}