Book · 2023 · Fiction
Birnam Wood
A Novel
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Birnam Wood is in some ways my novel of the year and it's not really my kind of book.
The best things said about it
Her latest is Burnham Wood a literary Thriller set in present day New Zealand about a group of Eco activists an American Tech billionaire and the plot of land that they come both to share and Clash.
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton is a gripping literary thriller set in modern-day New Zealand that follows an undercover eco-activist guerrilla gardening group that clashes with an American tech billionaire over a disputed plot of land. The novel received enthusiastic praise on The Book Review, where critics Tina Jordan, Dwight Garner, and Greg Coles recommended it as one of the standout books of the year, with Garner naming it his favorite novel despite it falling outside his usual reading preferences. Host Gilbert Cruz featured Catton on the podcast to discuss the origins of the project, including her complex feelings toward the literary establishment and her inspiration for creating the sustainable gardening collective at the heart of the story. Catton explained that writing the book allowed her to explore contemporary anxieties surrounding climate action, corporate philanthropy, and generational divides, cementing the thriller as a timely and critically acclaimed addition to contemporary fiction.
Every mention
Dwight Garner yeah elanar Kens Burnham Wood is in some ways my novel of the year and it's not really my kind of book 1
“yeah elanar Kens Burnham Wood is in some ways my novel of the year and it's not really my kind of book”
Tina Jordan so that would be Burnham Wood by ellanor katton 1
“so that would be Burnham Wood by ellanor katton”
Gilbert Cruz her latest is Burnham Wood a literary Thriller set in present day New Zealand about a group of Eco activist… 5
“her latest is Burnham Wood a literary Thriller set in present day New Zealand about a group of Eco activists an American Tech billionaire and the plot of land that they come both to share and Clash”
“welcome back to the book review podcast I'm Gilbert Cruz and I'm here with Elanor katton whose new book Burnham Wood is out now”
“so if you don't want to know what happens at the end of Burnham Wood you should press pause and come back”
“that was my conversation with Elanor Kon about her new literary Thriller Burnham Wood”
“and that is out February 7th a book that's coming out a month later on March 7th is Burnham Wood by Elanor katton”
Eleanor Catton it's something that I have thought about a lot especially with writing Burnham Wood 3
“it's something that I have thought about a lot especially with writing Burnham Wood”
“and so I think in way when I finally sat down to write burnamwood I had a lot of mistrust about the litery establishment”
“and so in my book this gorilla gardening group a group of Eco activists who go around planting sustainable Gardens and neglected spaces have called themselves Burnham Wood”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“had we been able to include more than 10 books on the list I would have loved to see Burnham Wood by Elanor Katen”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“she also wrote Burnham Wood”
“last week the novelist Elanor katten joined us to talk about her book Burnham Wood a thriller set New Zealand”