Episode · SmartLess · 2025-11-24
Benedict Cumberbatch on SmartLess: every book mentioned
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Benedict Cumberbatch discussed Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter. Jason Bateman discussed Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Grief is the thing with feathers
Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter is a poignant debut novel that explores the raw, chaotic aftermath of a sudden loss through the perspectives of a grieving father and his two young sons, whose mourning is physically manifested by a chaotic, talking crow.
Discussed“And it's about their first year as a family and it's based on an amazing amazing novella called um grief is the thing with feathers. Oh wow. Which is a misquote of the Emily famous Emily Dickinson line love is the thing with feathers by Max Porter who is just a a titan of a heroic human being um in”
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Rogue Male
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household is a classic 1939 thriller that follows an English hunter who attempts to assassinate an unnamed dictator, only to be captured, tortured, and forced to go on the run.
Discussed“Rogue Mail. Oh, dude, it's a winner, isn't it? It It's so cool. It is such a game changer of a novel. Rogue Male written in 1939. Yeah. It's I mean it's the original fugitive novel. It's the original and you know the huge inspiration for Ian Fleming for Bond and Yeah. And it's um and it's so precient to”
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