Episode · The Book Review · 2021-11-12
Alan Cumming on The Book Review: books mentioned
Alan Cumming Talks About ‘Baggage’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming and Baggage by Alan Cumming. Alan Taylor discussed R.E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman and The marble man by Thomas Lawrence Connelly. Molly Young discussed Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart, The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart, and Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart. Alexandra Jacobs recommended Solid Ivory by James Ivory.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Not My Father's Son
Alan Cumming’s memoir Not My Father's Son delves into the actor's painful childhood, family secrets, and the complicated relationship he shared with his abusive father.
Discussed“how does alen follow up his first number one bestselling Memoir not my Father's son”
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Baggage
Baggage by Alan Cumming is a candid memoir subtitled Tales From a Fully Packed Life, in which the multi-talented actor, writer, and performer explores his personal history, career milestones, and emotional experiences.
Discussed“the actor author screenwriter and performer will be here to talk about his latest book baggage”
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R.E. Lee
Discussed“and the the climax of that comes in the 1930s when Douglas soual Freeman produces his enormous four volume re Le which wins the Pitzer prize”
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The marble man
Discussed“in 1977 Thomas Connell published a book entitled The Marble man which really was very critical of Lee”
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Our Country Friends
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart is a pandemic-era novel that follows a group of friends who isolate together in a country house as the world shuts down.
Discussed“I've recently written about Gary Stein's pandemic novel which is called our country friends and and I loved it”
Where to get it
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The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Discussed“yeah I am his first novel called the Russian debutants handbook and it was it kind of made a splash”
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Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart is a satirical, near-term dystopian novel set in an America dominated by a social media-driven, crypto-fascist regime.
Discussed“but the book he wrote that really got me on the shineart bus was called super sad true love story”
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Solid Ivory
Solid Ivory is a memoir by acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter James Ivory that collects his personal essays, reflections, and reminiscences about his extraordinary life in the arts and his landmark collaborations with Ismail Merchant.
Recommended“I reviewed solid Ivory Memoirs by James Ivory”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“there was only a dip at haset book group where sales declined 9% and that was largely according to the publisher because of Stephanie Meyer's midnight sun which came out in 2020”
“well the one the one I remember most was a room with view based on the EM Forster novel which I saw”
“and the fact is they really did a t they actually did TMA yit's slaves of New York”