Stan Barstow

Published: Aug. 24, 1986, 10:15 a.m.

Stan Barstow made his name as a novelist in 1960 with A Kind of Loving. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his upbringing in Yorkshire, where his father was a miner, his first job in a drawing office and how he became a writer.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Symphony No 2 in E Flat, 1st Movement by Edward Elgar\nBook: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust\nLuxury: Paper and pens