A. J. A. Symons, The Quest for Corvo; Iman Mersal, Traces of Inayat

Nikhil and Raph discuss two experimental biographies of minor writers: A. J. A. Symons's The Quest for Corvo and Iman Mersal's Traces of Inayat.

The Quest for Traces

Javier Marías, All Souls; Javier Cercas, Soldiers of Salamis

Raph and Nikhil welcome guest Minoo Dinshaw, author of Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman, to talk about Javier Marías's All Souls and Javier Cercas's Soldiers of Salamis.

All Soldiers

Rose Macaulay, The Towers of Trebizond; Ella Maillart, The Cruel Way

Raph and Nikhil are joined by Rey Conquer, author of Reading Colour: George, Rilke, Kandinsky, Lasker-Schüler, to talk about Rose Macaulay's The Towers of Trebizond and Ella Maillart's The Cruel Way.

The Cruel Way to Trebizond

Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment; Domenico Starnone, Trick

Nikhil and Raph discuss Elena Ferrante's The Days of Abandonment and Domenico Starnone's Trick.

Abandonment and Trickery

Kurban Said, Ali and Nino; Tom Reiss, The Orientalist

Raph and Nikhil discuss Kurban Said's Ali and Nino and Tom Reiss's The Orientalist.

Ali, Nino and the Orientalist

Forgotten authors, books from the backlist and fiction in translation.

Raph Cormack, Nikhil Krishnan and guests discuss minor works of literature.

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