Episode 75: Barbara Comyns

The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast · Mar 7, 2024 · 1h 23m · transcript

Although the books of Barbara Comyns have experienced a bit of a renaissance in recent years, she remains woefully under appreciated and read by far too few. This week, we’re joined by Comyns aficionado Nora to discuss this beguiling and fascinating author and to do our best to spread the word about her strange and wonderful books.

Shownotes

Books

* My Death, by Lisa Tuttle

* The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer

* Splinters: Another Kind of Love Stores, by Leslie Jamison

* Not Even the Dead, by Juan Goméz Bárcena, translated by Katie Whittemore

* Paradise…