Episode · The Book Review · 2017-06-09
Al Franken on The Book Review: books mentioned
Al Franken on Life in the Senate
Gilbert Cruz discussed Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken, Churchill and Orwell by Thomas E. Ricks, and The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. Al Franken discussed Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken, and Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations by Al Franken. Pamela Paul discussed 1984 by George Orwell and Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb. Dav Pilkey discussed A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Alexandra Alter discussed Swell by Jill Eisenstadt, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Parul Sehgal recommended The poetics of space by Gaston Bachelard. John Williams recommended Latecomers by Anita Brookner. Greg Cowles recommended World War I and America by A. Scott Berg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Discussed“now he'll join us to talk about his new book Al Franken giant of the Senate”
Where to get it
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Churchill and Orwell
Churchill and Orwell by Thomas E.
Discussed“Tom RX will be here to talk about his new bestseller Churchill and Orwell the fight for Freedom”
Where to get it
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey is a popular children's graphic novel series about two imaginative schoolboys and the comical superhero they accidentally create.
Discussed“Dave Pilkey author of Captain Underpants and the dog man series joins us to talk about visual readers the Captain Underpants movie and his latest book”
Where to get it
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Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Discussed“so what I did was was I sort of integrated Trump in what the book was about M for example he lies a lot and so I you know I've written books called lies and lying Liars who tell them a fair and balance look at the right”
Where to get it
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
Al Franken's satirical critique targets conservative talk radio and political figures through biting humor and direct commentary.
Discussed“I wrote a book called rush limble I was a big fat idiot and other observations was about talk radio and him lying and so I kind of talk about how those it was”
Where to get it
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Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations
Al Franken's satirical critique targets conservative talk radio and political figures through biting humor and direct commentary.
Discussed“I wrote a book called rush limble I was a big fat idiot and other observations was about talk radio and him lying and so I kind of talk about how those it was”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“the parallels between Orwell's writing in particular and today are obvious and as you know 1984 has been sort of the surprise runaway besteller of the moment”
Where to get it
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a classic historical novel set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, exploring themes of sacrifice, resurrection, and extreme societal upheaval.
Discussed“and so the themes and motifs of of Dickens especially from A Tale of Two Cities is starting to show up in their work”
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Swell
Swell by Jill Eisenstadt is a novel that marks a major return to fiction after a decades-long hiatus by the author.
Discussed“so this week there were two novels that came out on the same day that represented returns for two novelists after a long Hiatusone was swell by Jill eisenstat and it's been 26 years since her second novel came outso she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really”
Where to get it
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's highly anticipated second novel, which arrived two decades after her celebrated debut, The God of Small Things.
Discussed“uh even I think possibly bigger deal was of course AR and daddy Roy who has not published a novel in 20 years and published her second novel this weekit's called the ministry of utmost happiness”
Where to get it
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is the Booker Prize-winning debut novel by Arundhati Roy that traces the childhood experiences of fraternal twins in Kerala, India, whose lives are shattered by the destructive societal rules governing love and caste.
Discussed“and of course when where's debut novel came out the god of small things it was a huge hitit sold six million copies”
Where to get it
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The poetics of space
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard is a celebrated philosophical exploration of architecture, intimate spaces, and how human imagination interacts with domestic environments like houses, cellars, and attics.
Recommended“yes I I'm reading a book that's impossible for me to describeum it's gastone bashar's book The Poetics of spacehe's a French philosopher and he's written this like it's”
Where to get it
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Latecomers
Latecomers by Anita Brookner is a 1988 novel that explores themes of displacement, friendship, and the immigrant experience through the lives of two men in London.
Recommended“I am practicing literary self-care and I am returning to Anita Brookner who I talked about last year on the podcast and we figured out parl and I that parl was not here the week that I talked about her because I you're also a big fan so I just sort of picked up another of her novels which is”
Where to get it
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World War I and America
World War I and America edited by A.
Recommended“so um that book has transitioned very seamlessly for me into a collection that was published earlier this year to coincide with the Centennial of America's entry into World War Iit's a collection published by the library of America called World War I and America told by the Americans who lived it”
Where to get it
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Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens
Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb is a compelling biographical study that examines the complex, often shadowed lives of the famous Victorian author's children.
Discussed“I don't know about danger but um I just finished Robert Gotti's book Great Expectations about the sons and daughters of Charles Dickens which parl you've read”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Al Franken is the author of Al Franken giant of theSenate”
“I didn'tbut what happened was when I finished my last book The Generals I was sort of thinking well I'm finished with journalism”
“Tom thank you so much for being hereyou're welcome the book againis Churchill and Orwell the fight for Freedom by Thomas Rick”
“dog man A Tale of Two Kitties the third in the dog man series and and his new movie Captain Underpants is out”
“she has been writing a little bit of non-fiction and doing various things but hadn't published anything in a really long time and people mostly just think of her for her 1987 novel from Rockway”
“well you remember last week I was reading the Jim Harrison Nolla collection Legends of the Fall and the title Nolla in that bookthe one with Brad Pit”