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- David Grann Discussed
- David Perell Discussed
David Grann — 6 mentions
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“So for example, the wager uh my most recent book I was sitting around and I was thinking oh well you know what would be interesting. I thought well a subject that's always interested me was mutinies.”
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“So in the first chapter of the wager they are getting ready to set off on this voyage and they have to find a ship and prepare the ship and load the ship.”
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“And then I certainly heard it on chapter one of the wager.”
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“And so, but up until the very end of the wager I was trying to cut it down because I I didn't want the beginning.”
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“And so, for example, the first sentence of the wager probably tormented me for years and years.”
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“on the wager island which depicts the captain and the gunner in this titanic struggle between two egos, two formidable figures battling it out both for power and survival.”
David Perell — 3 mentions
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“And then there's The Wager. I can't think of a single book that more people I know have said that they just read [music] the entire thing from start to finish in one sitting.”
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“So, if I was like, man, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Wager, such a such a good book, like how much of that being a great book comes down to research”
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“Here's how you start the wager. And I'm curious to hear why you wrote it like this.”