Books and Beyond: Literary bad boys

Alison and Karen consider the phenomenon of the bad boy from a literary standpoint, from Byron to the Beats.

Listen to this episode and read on for the books mentioned in the show.

Books mentioned in the show:

• Young romantics: the Shelleys, Byron and other tangled lives by Daisy Hay
• Just kids by Patti Smith
• M train by Patti Smith
• Rimbaud: the double life of a rebel by Edmund White
• A season in hell by Arthur Rimbaud
• Infinite jest by David Foster Wallace
• Every love story is a ghost story: a life of David Foster Wallace by DT Max
• A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again by David Foster Wallace
• Brief interviews with hideous men by David Foster Wallace
• The liars’ club by Mary Karr
• On the road by Jack Kerouac
• Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
• Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Auckland Libraries podcast Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.

Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35 pm. Recent shows can be listened to via the Auckland Libraries podcast.