The Book Club

Frances Wilson on the great and comedic life of D H Lawrence

44 min listen

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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Frances Wilson, whose new book Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence sets out to take a fresh look at a now unfashionable figure. Frances tells me why we’re looking in the wrong places for Lawrence’s greatness, explains why the supposed prophet of sexual liberation wasn’t really interested in sex at all – and reveals that after his death Lawrence may have been eaten by his admirers.

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