Episode 75: Barbara Comyns

The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast

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 Reclaimed, by Halldór Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson

* The House of Dolls, by Barbara Comyns

* Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, by Elizabeth Taylor

* Sisters by a River, by Barbara Comyns

* O Caledonia, by Elspeth Barker

* I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith

* The Vet’s Daughter, by Barbara Comyns

* Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, by Barbara Comyns

* Barbara Comyns: A Savage Innocence, by Avril Horner

* Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, by Barbara Comyns

* Out of the Red, Into the Blue, by Barbara Comyns

* The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns

* Birds in Tiny Cages, by Barbara Comyns

* A Touch of Mistletoe, by Barbara Comyns

* The Juniper Tree, by Barbara Comyns

* Mr. Fox, by Barbara Comyns

Other

* Nora’s Instagram

* Nora’s Barbara Comyn’s Instagram Post

* Terry Tempest Williams: “Read Your Way Through Utah” in The New York Times

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