The Baron in The Trees by Italo Calvino
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English - June 24, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 497 ratingsArts books literature comedy writing chat reading arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Italo Calvino's third novel The Baron in the Trees (Il barone rampante) is the subject of this episode. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book is writer and fabulist Caspar Henderson. Elsewhere, John is captivated by Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy and Andy talks about and reads from W.H. Auden's late collection of poetry About the House.