Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-08-08
Books mentioned on A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since 2016
Ben Dominic recommended The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver and Running the Light by Sam Tallent. Also mentioned: The Road by Cormac McCarthy and War on the West by Douglas Murray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing, post-apocalyptic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows a father and son walking through a devastated landscape.
Recommended“lots of people are familiar with the road but people are not generally familiar I think with some of his other works and it's great to go back and read them after the author's passing”
Where to get it
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War on the West
The War on the West by Douglas Murray is a cultural commentary examining contemporary criticisms of Western civilization and the ideological battles shaping modern political discourse in America and Britain.
Recommended“but for three books for you um two from colleagues that I have at The Spectator the war on the west by Douglas Murray I think is uh is essential reading to understanding the perspective of conservatives both in America and Britain on the cultural battles that they see going on all around them”
Where to get it
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The Mandibles
Lionel Shriver's satirical novel The Mandibles imagines a future United States undergoing a catastrophic economic collapse and loss of reserve currency status.
Recommended“Lionel Shriver also a colleague of mine at the at the spectator has a book that's a couple of years old that's a a novel called the mandibles”
Where to get it
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Running the Light
Running the Light by Sam Tallent is a gritty novel that follows the harrowing life of a burned-out stand-up comedian on the road, offering a raw look into the culture of entertainment.
Recommended“I am currently listening to the audiobook version of his is running the light novel which is narrated by a series of prominent”
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