The poet Rishi Dastidar joins John and Andy to talk about Sebastian Faulks' least known and first non-fiction title, The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives.Also in this episode Andy talks about the Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn while John has been enjoying Folk by Zoe Gilbert.

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8'35 - The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St Aubyn

16'55 - Folk by Zoe Gilbert

21'45 - The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks

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