Episode · The Book Review · 2018-03-30
Books mentioned on All in the Family
Gilbert Cruz recommended The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea and The source by Martin Doyle, and discussed Middlemarch by George Eliot. Alexandra Alter discussed A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss and others. Greg Cowles discussed Ulysses by James Joyce. Tina Jordan recommended The Italian party by Christina Lynch. Pamela Paul discussed The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff. Also mentioned: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels is a rich, expansive novel by Luis Alberto Urrea that chronicles a sprawling Mexican-American family gathering in San Diego to celebrate and mourn the final birthday of its aging patriarch, Angel de la Cruz.
Recommended“Luis Alberto Ura will join us to talk about his new novel The House of broken Angels”
Where to get it
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The source
The Source by Martin Doyle is an engaging exploration of the geological, ecological, and cultural histories of American waterways, detailing how rivers have shaped the nation and how human intervention has subsequently remade those very same natural systems.
Recommended“Martin Doyle will join us to talk about his book The Source”
Where to get it
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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss and Marlon Bundo is a satirical children's picture book created through John Oliver's television program that quickly became a runaway publishing bestseller.
Discussed“so I thought this week we could talk about the Runaway Bunny bestseller that has taken the publishing World by storm of course I'm talking about John Oliver's parody book A Day in the Life of marlin bundo”
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Ulysses
James Joyce's landmark modernist novel Ulysses chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mapping human consciousness and daily existence through a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.
Discussed“now and forever I am I am reading James Joyce's ulses you know just strap yourselves in and brace for like a year and a half”
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Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot is a sweeping Victorian novel that explores complex themes of identity, morality, and cultural heritage through the lives of its diverse characters.
Discussed“I uh just finished rereading um George Elliot's Daniel D and I think so much of what you're saying really applies”
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely celebrated as a masterwork of Victorian literature, chronicling the lives and aspirations of provincial society in the fictional town of Middlemarch.
Discussed“do you prefer this to Middle March”
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The Italian party
The Italian Party by Christina Lynch is a historical fiction novel set in 1950s Italy that follows American expatriates navigating secrets and political intrigue.
Recommended“so this book that I'm reading this week which is called the Italian Party by Christina Lynch is just now out and I fully confess I picked it up because of the cover”
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The Moonstone
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a pioneering nineteenth-century epistolary detective novel centering on the dramatic theft of a priceless diamond and the complex web of secrets surrounding its disappearance.
Discussed“so the book that I'm reading for pleasure is uh continues to be wilky Collins of the Moonstone and I'm about halfway through that”
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Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury is an explosive investigative look inside the Donald Trump White House that generated massive controversy and public debate upon its release.
Discussed“it's sort of in in the subject and the title fire and fury by Michael wolf and this was a book that I thought that I could just read around”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I suppose after fire and fury by also interesting that there was this controversy”