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Andy Miller

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
556 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

And I think when you listen back, at about the 10-minute mark, you can hear Sir Stephen saying,

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

really begin to engage with the conversation.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Yeah, it was a really fantastic feeling to bring this particular book and author to Sir Stephen Fry and know within 10 minutes that we were doing okay.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

So that's what I remember, nothing but good things.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

I would just reiterate that if you're planning to read De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, I can recommend two specific ways of doing so.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

The audiobook read by Simon Russell Beale is absolutely superb and, in my opinion...

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

One of my favourite audiobooks, one I actually listen to several times now just for the pleasure of listening to Simon Russell Beale bite into it.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

And the other way is we, I think we recommend on this episode the edition of Wilde's Prison Writings edited by Colm Tobin.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

I would say that again, if you have the opportunity to pick that up, that is the...

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

contextual material which really works soulfully with the original letter by Wilde.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

So that was the past, Nicky.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

But the future, tell me about the future.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Yeah, we haven't won the book before.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Yes, it's all boats.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

So we beat on boats against the current, etc.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

That was a really good conversation about Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

I was lucky enough to be part of that.

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

So that's coming up when?

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

On May the 2nd?

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

And just to say, we don't choose the Booker Prize winners to discuss.