{"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/6a909200a5bd8d1a783ee1c9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 71: What We Read In August","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611638fc8b4903391e16f833/1787859381654-1007c63c-da8c-4e7e-b0d0-14aa15900dd3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We're here with episode 71! Alex finished Vanity Fair!!&nbsp;But then heads to the gulags. Dean's reviews travelled around from ancient Greece to mythological India, to C16th Italy, to Argentina.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Books discussed include:&nbsp;</p><p>- The Forest Of Enchantments (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 2019)</p><p>- The Bravo Of Venice (Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1804)</p><p>- One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,1962)</p><p>- Treasure Island (R.L. Stevenson, 1883)</p><p>- La Traición de Rita Hayworth / Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (Manuel Puig, 1968)</p><p>- The Digital Detective: Dark Web Descent (Tom Arnold, 2026)</p><p>- Vanity Fair (W.M. Thackeray, 1848)</p><p>- The Greek Alexander Romance (unknown, C3rd)</p><p>- Alcibiades (Thomas Otway, 1675)</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"booksboys.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">booksboys.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Check out <a href=\"https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1328943046967008157/6025992359125286006#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">patreon.com/booksboys</a> for early access to our catalogue of shows, including the latest series of Playboys Extra and Darkplace Dreamers, plus Comedy Comrades and more. Or give us a one-off donation!</p><p>Booksboys.com 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</p>","author_name":"TheDean! & Alex Brown"}