04 Ian Rankin on 'Touching from a Distance'

The crimewriting legend that brought us Inspector Rebus and ardent music lover Ian Rankin joins Jude to discuss another incredible book about music and the people who make it. Ian has picked a book about his beloved Joy Division. Touching from a Distance is written by Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's wife Deborah and was published fifteen years after he died in 1980. In this episode they chat early music experiences, toxic masculinity and the existential thriller Ian plotted out but never quite wrote based on Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. There's still time Ian, there's still time! You can pre-order Ian Rankin's new book here Other books mentioned in the podcast: England’s Dreaming by Jon Savage Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook Substance: Inside New Order by Peter Hook Chapter and Verse - New Order, Joy Division and Me by Bernard Sumner Record Play Pause: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: the Joy Division Years: Volume I by Stephen Morris Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II by Stephen Morris Joy Division: Juvenes by Kevin Cummins Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer You can buy Jude's book The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: Finally White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode is 43:15 long.

This episode was published on Aug 11, 2022.

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