23: How to be a cult writer
Episode 23 of the The Critic Books Podcast podcast, hosted by The Critic Books Podcast, titled "23: How to be a cult writer" was published on April 20, 2022 and runs 33 minutes.
April 20, 2022 ·33m · The Critic Books Podcast
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Episode Description
In this episode of The Critic Books Podcast, Francesca Peacock is in conversation with Alexander Larman about his piece in the April issue of the magazine: “How to be a cult writer”. What makes a writer “cult”? Is Iris Murdoch a cult writer? Is Ian McEwan? What is the difference between a cult figure and a coterie figure? All these questions are discussed, alongside Byron, Rochester, Virginia Woolf, and Nancy Mitford.
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