Novelist, editor and critic Erica Wagner joins the Backlisted team to discuss one of her favourite books - The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell. Revolt Into Style, George Melly's groundbreaking discourse on pop culture, and Exmoor Village, a Mass Observation publication from 1947.

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3.46 - Exmoor Village by W. J. Turner

14.05 - Revolt In Style by George Melly

20.51 - The Animal Family

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