Giles Goat-Boy's guest appearances

Giles Goat-Boy

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Podcast

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John Barth

Iris Murdoch

Colson Whitehead

Adam Levin

James Joyce

Stanley Kubrick

John Keats

Curtis Sittenfeld

Teju Cole

Elif Batuman

Sylvia Plath

Flannery O'Connor

Owen Meany

John Irving

Thomas Pynchon

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In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests. In this episode, Graham Foster of the Burgess Foundation talks to novelist David Morrell about Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth. Giles Goat-Boy is simultaneously one of the most revered and complex postmodern novels of the 1960s, and a strange patchwork of allegories, from the Bible to the events of the Cold War. Burgess describes the book as a 'work that extends the scope of the novel - or rather reminds it of the scope it has lost, along with a whimsical fantasticality best exemplified in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.' David Morrell is best known for his novel First Blood, which introduced the world to John Rambo, later played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of films. He completed his PhD thesis on the novels of John Barth, which was later published as John Barth: An Introduction. More recently he has written a series of crime novels featuring the famed opium-eater Thomas de Quincy. This trilogy, beginning with Murder as a Fine Art, is available now from Mulholland Books. John Barth: An Introduction is currently available as an ebook. ------- BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: By John Barth: The Sot-Weed Factor (1960) Lost in the Funhouse (1968) The Tidewater Tales (1987) By others: The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama by Lord Raglan (1936)Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (1939) The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (1949) 'Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way' in Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace (1989) ------- LINKS: David Morrell's websiteDavid Morrell on TwitterInternational Anthony Burgess FoundationThe theme music is Anthony Burgess's Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano in D Minor. It is performed by No Dice Collective.------- You can join the conversation and tell us which 100th book you would add to Burgess's list by using the hashtag #99Novels on Twitter. If you have enjoyed this episode, why not leave us a review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests. In this episode, Graham Foster of the Burgess Foundation talks to novelist David Morrell about Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth. Giles Goat-Boy is simultaneously one of the most revered and complex postmodern novels of the 1960s, and a strange patchwork of allegories, from the Bible to the events of the Cold War. Burgess describes the book as a 'work that extends the scope of the novel - or rather reminds it of the scope it has lost, along with a whimsical fantasticality best exemplified in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.' David Morrell is best known for his novel First Blood, which introduced the world to John Rambo, later played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of films. He completed his PhD thesis on the novels of John Barth, which was later published as John Barth: An Introduction. More recently he has written a series of crime novels featuring the famed opium-eater Thomas de Quincy. This trilogy, beginning with Murder as a Fine Art, is available now from Mulholland Books. John Barth: An Introduction is currently available as an ebook. ------- BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: By John Barth: The Sot-Weed Factor (1960) Lost in the Funhouse (1968) The Tidewater Tales (1987) By others: The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama by Lord Raglan (1936)Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (1939) The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (1949) 'Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way' in Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace (1989) ------- LINKS: <a href="https://davidmorrell.net " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Morrell's website</a><a href="https://twitter.com/_davidmorrell " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">David Morrell on Twitter</a><a href="www.anthonyburgess.org " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">International Anthony Burgess Foundation</a>The theme music is Anthony Burgess's Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano in D Minor. It is performed by <a href="https://nodicecollective.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">No Dice Collective</a>.------- You can join the conversation and tell us which 100th book you would add to Burgess's list by using the hashtag #99Novels on Twitter. If you have enjoyed this episode, why not leave us a review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ninety-Nine Novels: Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth

our campus season continues with the most abstract interpretation of a campus yet in giles goat-boy by john barth, which is joey's least favorite book he's ever read. we talk about the post-modern structure of the narrative, wonder what it's satirizing, and try to parse the meaning of its metaphors. we also talk about how bob totally goofed on the scheduling of this book in our season, the literal process of getting through harder literature, and what "passed" and "flunked" really mean. bob has an idea for tattoos for us to get. we find silver linings in giles goat-boy. bob spoils speed racer. we unveil our new year's resolutions.reading list for season twothe bell jar by sylvia plath, 11/4prep by curtis sittenfeld, 11/18the art of fielding by chad harbach, 12/2nickel boys by colson whitehead, 12/16the virgins by pamela erens, 12/30my education by susan choi, 1/13giles goat-boy by john barth, 1/27end zone by don delillo, 2/10loner by teddy wayne, 2/24the secret history by donna tartt, 3/10sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, 3/24college novel by blake middleton, 4/7real life by brandon taylor, 4/21the instructions by adam levin, 5/5the idiot by elif batuman, 5/19

our campus season continues with the most abstract interpretation of a campus yet in giles goat-boy by john barth, which is joey's least favorite book he's ever read. we talk about the post-modern structure of the narrative, wonder what it's satirizing, and try to parse the meaning of its metaphors. we also talk about how bob totally goofed on the scheduling of this book in our season, the literal process of getting through harder literature, and what "passed" and "flunked" really mean. bob has an idea for tattoos for us to get. we find silver linings in giles goat-boy. bob spoils speed racer. we unveil our new year's resolutions.reading list for season twothe bell jar by sylvia plath, 11/4prep by curtis sittenfeld, 11/18the art of fielding by chad harbach, 12/2nickel boys by colson whitehead, 12/16the virgins by pamela erens, 12/30my education by susan choi, 1/13giles goat-boy by john barth, 1/27end zone by don delillo, 2/10loner by teddy wayne, 2/24the secret history by donna tartt, 3/10sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, 3/24college novel by blake middleton, 4/7real life by brandon taylor, 4/21the instructions by adam levin, 5/5the idiot by elif batuman, 5/19

giles goat-boy by john barth