# James Runcie

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The Great Passion: Chapters 7-12

Welcome back to Close Reads as we continue our discussion of James Runcie’s The Great Passion. Topics of conversation include the way Runcie introduces the book’s tragedies, how Bach teaches both the protagonist and the reader, how to tell the difference between true wisdom and pithy sayings in the…

The Great Passion: Chapters 13-18

Welcome back to our ongoing conversation about James Runcie’s The Great Passion. In this episode we discuss the book’s ongoing contemplation about the way platitude’s rarely can solve the problem of real grief; how it explores spiritual questions; the complicated nature of Catharina’s relationship …

The Great Passion: To the End

Merry Christmas from all of us at Close Reads! In this episode we’re chatting about the final chapters of James Runcie’s lovely novel, The Great Passion. Topics of conversation include the way this book is perfect for the Christmas season, how Runcie portrays the performance of the Passion in the b…

The Great Passion: Q&A Episode

We’ve come to the end of our series on James Runcie’s novel, The Great Passion, which (as usual) means it’s time for a Q&A episode and this time we have a very special guest: our friend Greg Wilbur, who happens to a conductor and composer who has also authored a biography of Bach himself. Greg join…

The Religion of Detection

Giles Fraser and guests hear from authors of detective fiction, Kate Charles and Martin Edwards, on the subtle ways they weave faith into the crime puzzles in their novels. Why is religious detective fiction so popular in our increasingly secular society? Did the detective replace the priest as th…

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the duality of man, the gamble of letting Death narrate your story, the power of words to bring life or death, picking a good Pilsner, and cologne ads.   What we’re reading: All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren The Great Passion by James Runcie …

The Golden Age of Crime with Grantchester's James Runcie

James Runcie is author of the acclaimed Grantchester Mysteries - the focus of six books and a hugely successful ITV television series - following vicar-sleuth Sidney Chambers in his sleuthing career from the early 1950s to the late 1970s. James talks to Jonty about where he finds the gold in the Go…

Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil Audiobook by James Runcie

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Sidney Chambers and the Problem of EvilSeries: #3 in Sidney ChambersCategories: Crime, Crime Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, ThrillerAuthor: James RuncieNarrator: Peter WickhamPublisher: Isis Publishing LtdRelease date: 08-01-2014Lan…