Dean & Alex are back for Episode 33. We finally get around to a Dickens, Dean's favourite author. We have some sad broken love stories. A Gift form PJ. And the Scarlet Pimpernel isn't as exciting as we'd hoped. Plus author Chris Bishop calls in (chrisbishopauthor.com).

Books discussed include:

• The Prodigal Son (Chris Bishop, 2023)

• We Were Very Merry (Susan Ferber, 2023)

• Marina (Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 1999, in english 2013)

• Thérèse Raquin (Émile Zola, 1867)

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy, 1905)

• Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens, 1838)

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