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I discovered Nick about 12 years ago. A time goes by his songs become ever more profound . He was a true poet.

What a dunce, I just seen this waste of DNA's article about the Oasis reunion, haha what a fruitcake typical liberal scum

Marlon Brando has let himself go

If mental illness was a look

Freak show

Mad Fer It! 😃

Simon is a slag

What a repulsive thing he is …..

Gods creation dipped in a vat of plastic feaces 😂😂😂

What a disgusting excuse for an English man . Fucking freak

That obese slaphead nonce has got a point!

What a fucking freak. He makes your stomach turn.

Just read this clowns take on Oasis getting back together, so basically if your a fan of Oasis, your either a Far right hooligan or your brain dead, well listen 'attention seeking, pink bat wings boy, your basically calling Millions of innocent people around the world OATHS 🤣🤣 Get over yourself, it wasn't Liam ok Noel who bullied you at school, I bet you were over the moon when the Queen died aswell 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

People with severe mood disorders like Nick Drake have low testosterone levels and very little sex drive and that’s why Nick never had a F buddy .

Boring

Can't wait to read the book. The author's essay "Walking on Water" is what inspired me to go to Istanbul and see the floor of the Agia Sofia for myself. I went on to write an article of my own under his and its inspiration: "Pavements Like the Sea and the Name of the Jokhang: King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba in Lhasa?"

Published by Yale, as I failed to point out (but the bag is in view behind me).

Excellent,enlightening and informative discussion.Many thanks.

If you want to know about an artist go to the work because that'll tell you far more than an any biography.

Great interview!

What you said about the Magus being suitable for teens - 100% agree.

Lóvé this guy so much eradite clever funny amazing chap

An excellent review, I agree with your points. And your ending note about how his mystery and music will live on is certainly true. Cheers.

Did my comment turn up. I found "forgotten authors, a treasure trove for bibliomaniacs, erudite and gloriously funny. Reading through everything now. How lucky you were to be his friend

i've just discovered Bryant and May after the delight of Forgotten authors an erudite, funny treasure trove for bibliomaniacs. I sent a fawning thank-you letter to his publisher not realising he was dead. I'm reading through his 'oeuvre'. Word Monkey I'm saving for my families Xmas list which will spare me another pair of slippers. Your farewell does him proud.

I LOVED this book. And appreciated the parts of the book that focused on his happier youth. The last part of the book was incredibly heartbreaking. I work in a State Hospital and feel like hating if he had the resources and proper medication and therapy, he would still be with us. His music lives on and I listen to him every day.💖💖

Really enjoyed the interview. You both came across REALLY well. Best wishes to both of you.

I thought this was a very fun and interesting interview, well done !

Thanks for this interview!

Great review and, for me, the right conclusion....the mystery is still there despite these books which attempt to explain Nick and his art. I don't want it explained and really, I feel less is more. However, the real key to understanding Nick's artistry is, in my opinion, the work of his mother, Molly. Molly is the real key to Nick's artistry: even the self-deprecating humour, 'Poor Mum', 'Poor Boy.' You can hear Nick's voice and sense the shared fragility and turbulence in Molly's songs such as 'Happiness' and 'How Wild The Wind Blows.' There is a shared reliance on poetic imagery drawn from the natural world too. I have read somewhere, I forget where, that Rodney provided Molly with much-needed security and that he was invariably supportive of both her and Nick. I think the difference is that Nick didn't have any support systems in place; this is what I find baffling: how a talented, good-looking and charismatic man was unable or unwilling to share his life with people who might have helped to provide him with some sort of resilience.

He was a wonderful poet. I picked up a copy of that collection years ago (probably not long after it was published) and it's not been far from my side since. He evokes London, at that particular time, powerfully. Very sad to hear he's died.

The debut novel I mention at the end is 'Practice' by Rosalind Brown, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson on 14 March. Very intriguing book.

This was brilliant! One of the best author interviews I've heard recently.

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I didn't realise he had died. I did meet him too - at a book signing in Edinburgh. He picked up my Sputh African accent at once - or at least he picked up my foreign accent. He gave me the most alarming look.

Hmmm, of course you've got a house there in the Sun, house in Norfolk, numerous properties in London, and yet your avaricious wife has took even more hasn't she, please tell her Bob that us CLOGHEADS up north know exactly what she's done with Paul's will, we knew at the funeral, but we've got dignity, listening to you on here you actually sound alright, but that crafty, selfish wife of yours is REALLY SOMETHING ELSE, she's done a lot of damage to the family she denies, I hope she rots in hell, . Lyndashe's lived her life off her mother and two rich husbands, but what she's done is unforgivable, not forgotten, and yes, I've still got the family name. LYNDA WILSON

Many thanks. I was on my way to Christmas in London and I scanned the read and add book stand at Bedford Station, looking in an ideal world for signed first editions to add to my collection; then to pop a few books there for others. I found a signed first edition of Tom’s Help The Witch, so it was bingo. It’s a great collection of short stories; and I recommend short stories for Christmas time as they can be dipped in and out of when you’re not likely to get a novel length’s time to yourself are you in the festive season. So I read Tom’s story Robot on Christmas morning when the food needed a bit longer in the oven. The story is four pages long. Your interview was excellent, thanks.

Noooooooo! Why didn't I know this. I am shocked. I have every audio book and loved them all. So sad.

Actually, it was Woody Allen, who was supposed to have said about the movie "The Magus," not the novel, something to the effect that if he had his life to live over again, he'd do everything the same except see that movie, which most everyone, including Fowles, agreed was absolutely terrible.

Snap! I was thinking about Finnegans Wake as well, as a book I feel I should have read but haven't, and I haven't for the exact same reasons. I also haven't read Balzac either, and I feel exactly the same about Dance to the Music of Time: I found it moderately enjoyable, but disconcertingly limited. I loved The Celibate, which gave such a strong and authentic sense of the protagonists's personal development. I've given it to many friends and psychotherapy clients.

Only just found out today ! Very sad ! I read quite a few of his books ! Spanky , Disturbia , Psychoville , Sharper Knives , Darkest Day Many more !

Just finished 'Word Monkey'. Uplifting and so poignant.

Did he predict Bitcoin? Clever lad. He is now there in the firmament. RIP.

Wonderful to hear you in conversation with John - one of our first ever Polari Prize winners and one who's gone on to great things!

A great chat.

Lovely channel. Lovely chat.

“your lord, where might I find Christopher?”

Wonderful channel, Suzi. Thank you so much, on behalf of all book lovers, for doing this.

Let's here your speech on criticism.

Glad you liked it!