Stoner by John Williams: SPOILER podcast preview

"She turned to him and pulled her lips into what he knew must be a smile" This week, in another chance to catch up with our new show SPOILER, we're reading John Williams' sleeper hit "Stoner" which, contrary to Paul's assumption, is not a "1990s drug romp", but a 1965 novel about the quiet, unassuming life of a quiet,unassuming man, William Stoner. The book was largely ignored at the time of its original publication and famously took nearly half a century to become a hit, which leads Rachael to consider some other literary late bloomers.... To hear more from SPOILER go to or

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Stoner by John Williams: SPOILER podcast preview is an episode from The Reading Room by The Reading Room.

This episode is 35:25 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2016.

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