The emotionally charged masterpiece The Bee Sting by Paul Murray – Dua’s Monthly Read for February – plunges into the heart of grief, family dysfunction and the quest for redemption, all wrapped in razor-sharp wit. Set in a small Irish town, it follows the Barnes’, a once-wealthy family in financial trouble. Here, Paul shares the songs that inspired and soundtracked writing his tragicomic novel, from Charli XCX’s Backseat to Regina Spektor’s Us...
Neko Case – I Wish I Was the Moon
Magnetic Fields – You Must Be Out of Your Mind
Zbigniew Preisner – Tu Viendras
boygenius – Me & My Dog
Fraser & DeBolt – The Waltz of the Tennis Player
Mississipi John Hurt – Coffee Blues
Hot Chip – Flutes
EMA – California
Jon Hopkins – Scene Suspended
Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill
Big Thief – Mary
Squeeze – Up the Junction
Rachel’s – Air Conditioning/A Closed Feeling
Charli XCX – Backseat
Frank Ocean feat. André 3000 – Solo (reprise)
The Knife – Forest Families
100 Gecs – xXXi_wud_nvrstop_UXXx
Marissa Nadler – Leather-Made Shoes
