Secret Life of Books
by Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole
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<b>Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides.<br></b><br>The <em>Secret Life of Books </em>is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. <br>Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous backstory and above all the secret, mysterious meanings of books we thought we knew.<br><br>-- To join the Secret Life of Books Club visit: www.secretlifeofbooks.org<br>-- Please support us on Patreon to keep the lights on in the SLoB studio: https://patreon.com/SecretLifeofBooks528?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink<br><br>insta: https://www.instagram.com/secretlifeofbookspodcast/<br>youtube: https://www.youtube