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The Exploding Library Episodes

  1.

    Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler

    Comedian Desiree Burch unravels Octavia Butler's dystopian novel Parable of the Sower.

  2. The Unfortunates, by BS Johnson

    Comedian and poet Rob Auton shuffles through BS Johnson's 1969 novel, The Unfortunates.

  3. Nights at the Circus, by Angela Carter

    Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean melts into the glorious unreality of Nights at the Circus.

  4. Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

    Writer and comedian John-Luke Roberts enters the labyrinthine world of Infinite Jest.

  5. The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks

    Athena Kugblenu searches for Rosemary Tonks, a writer who 'vanished like the Cheshire Cat'

  6. The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Comedian Natasha Hodgson is entangled in the slippery world of Ishiguro's The Unconsoled.

  7. Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut

    Comedian Daliso Chaponda unravels the myriad personas of Vonnegut's Mother Night.

  8. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

    Comedian and outsider Josie Long unlocks the secrets of Good Morning, Midnight.

  9. The Third Policeman, by Flann O’Brien

    Comedian Mark Watson circles the warped world of The Third Policeman.