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Release Date: 2021-11-28Label: BBC Radio 4
Neil Gaiman's Desert Island Discs list:Disc 1: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide by David Bowie
Disc 2: Love Unrequited (The Nightmare Song) composed by Gilbert & Sullivan, performed by The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, John Reed (6) (baritone) and The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, conducted by Isidore Godfrey
Disc 3: Soho (Needless to Say) by Al Stewart
Disc 4: The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: "Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd", composed by Stephen Sondheim and performed by Len Cariou and the original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd- 1979
Disc 5: Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
Disc 6: Tear in Your Hand by Tori Amos
Disc 7: Bees in Trees by Michael Nyman
Disc 8: Holding Your Hand by Thea Gilmore
Book choice: The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Luxury item: A Victorian accounts ledger, a fountain pen and an unlimited supply of ink
Castaway's favourite: Bees in Trees by Michael Nyman