Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country
Miles Jupp picks novelist and eccentric JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country and How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup.
"I find his novels extraordinarily beautiful .. and they're an excellent length."
Miles Jupp picks an author he loves, but knows little about. JL Carr was born in Yorkshire and was a teacher, mapmaker, and an eccentric. Joining the comedian in studio to discuss Carr is a man who knew him well - DJ Taylor - who paints a picture of a man who hated London literary parties and knew how to have fun with anyone sent to interview him. A delightful episode that includes archive of Carr himself, plus Kenneth Branagh reading from his biography, God's Englishman by Byron Rogers.
Carr's novel - A Month in the Country - was shortlisted for the Booker and turned into a film starring Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth and Natasha Richardson in 1987.
The producer for 蜜芽传媒 Studios in Bristol is Miles Warde
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