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Episode 67: What We Read In April
We're back to a more respectable length (that's what she said) for our april reviews! Dean is still stuck on the longest book in the English language - will he finish? ( that's also what she said), Alex reads one of the first books in the English language, Dean covers some classic Spanish plays, and a werewolf DJ, and Alex loves the toffee factory.
Books discussed include:
- Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson, 1748)
- The Dancing Wolfeman (Ricardo Coto, 2025)
- The Greatest Estate Developer, 2020)
- El Concierto de San Ovidio & El Tragaluz / The Concert of San Ovidio & The Skylight (Antonio Buero Vallejo, 1962-7)
- The Daemon Lover (Shirley Jackson, 1949)
- Plays from: Obras Completas / Complete Works (Federico Garcia Lorca (1930s)
- Oroonoko (Aphra Behn, 1688)
- Secrets Of The Toffee Factory Girls (Glenda Young, 2025)
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