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Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Secret History by Donna Tart, published in 2006 by Penguin.
For the 40th Second Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by writer, musician and ex-footballer Martin Bengtsson, aka Waldemaar. They discuss minimalist writing, the mythologising of friends and a letter novel that is not exactly a novel.
Warning: this interview was conducted over Skype and there is occasional distortion due to a bad connection.
Paula Varjack, who is mentioned here, appears in Page One 53.
Another book by Donna Tartt, The Little Friend, is discussed in Page One 142.
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus is also discussed in Page One 171.
This episode has been edited to remove music that is no longer covered by licence for this podcast.
Episode released: 12th November, 2013.
Book listing:
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings Of Daniil Kharms by Daniil Kharms
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
Links:
The Bohemian by Waldemaar (video features Paula Varjack)