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(This episode is marked as explicit because of strong language.)
Episode image is a detail from the cover of Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith, published in 2007 by Vintage; cover © Nayeon Kim.
Joining Charles Adrian for the 54th Second Hand Book Factory is Ben Walters whose work life takes him to, between and around film, moving image, cabaret, performance and queer culture. They usher in the purple epoch of Hollywood, the fight against the patriarchy and a peculiarly loveable psychopath.
There is a link to a video of Justin Vivian Bond singing Golden Age Of Hustlers here.
Other books by Angela Carter discussed on the podcast are Wise Children (Page One 54), The Bloody Chamber (Page One 86, Page One 135 and Page One 141) and The Sadean Women (Page One 123 and, briefly, Page One 190).
Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith is also discussed in Page One 175. The first novel in Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series, The Talented Mr Ripley is discussed in Page One 53 and Page One 170.
This episode has been edited to remove music that is no longer covered by licence for this podcast.
This episode features a jingle written for the podcast by the band Friends Of Friends.
Episode released: 8th April, 2014.
Book listing:
Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
The Passion Of New Eve by Angela Carter
Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith
Links:
Golden Age Of Hustlers by Justin Vivian Bond