Listen To Paul Murray’s Writing Playlist For The Bee Sting 

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