Stephen joins Antonia to talk about his novel Sell Us The Rope, the novel Hilary Mantel wishes she had written. It’s 1907 and Stalin is in London for the 5th Congress of the Russian Communist Party… Sell Us The Rope is Stephen’s sixth novel - he’s been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize with Life! Death! Prizes! the title of which sums up this Book Club chat - except for the death bit, which we took out to make way for the punk rock and iconoclasm. Bring on the Booker.

Dancing Queen- Abba
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Always on my Mind - Elvis Presley
Help - The Beatles
Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hod Rods
Burn the Heather - The Lounge Society
Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Sigh o’ the Times - Prince
Sale of the Century - Sleeper
I feel love - Donna Summer
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
The Emperor’s New Clothes - Sinéad O'Connor