Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Beth Macy on 'Dopesick'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Factory man
Discussed“well gosh it back to factory man which was about the aftermath of globalization in a small Southside Virginia Community”
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Welcome to Lagos
Discussed“my colleague lovia gari joins us now to talk about a book that she reviewed this week welcome to logos by chibundu Uno”
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Americanah
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that follows the journeys of young African characters navigating identity, race, and culture between their home countries and the United States.
Discussed“I think she really with Americana and with half a yellow sun really reinvigorated an already existing genre”
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun is a historical novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that vividly portrays the experiences of the Nigerian Civil War.
Discussed“I think she really with Americana and with half a yellow sun really reinvigorated an already existing genre”
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is a deeply reported investigative account detailing the chaotic inner workings of the Trump administration.
Discussed“it's coming out this September and the title is fear Trump in the White House from Simon Shuster right before the midterm elections when everything is I'm sure going to be very calm in the political world”
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Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff is a bestselling political non-fiction book that examines the inner workings of Donald Trump's White House and the chaos surrounding his administration.
Discussed“I don't know but you know I think that that probably I imagine I'm curious to hear what you think that this is you know after fire and fury which sort of came out of seemingly out of nowhere and scandalized everyone there are efforts to you know number one sort of match the sales and interest of that book”
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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is an unconventional, kaleidoscopic biography that shatters traditional biographical norms to portray the rebellious and often tragic royal.
Recommended“I'm still stuck in the Tiara grip of Craig Brown's 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret oh there's nothing boring about that book”
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Discussed“no actually u i was past the sirens onto the Cyclops part which Ed on Twitter last weekend opens with a a passing reference to a character named Moses Herzog who then Sal Bell stole the name for Herzog”
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The cost of living
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy is a deeply reflective memoir that explores the realities of middle age, independence, and female identity following the dissolution of a marriage.
Recommended“it's Deborah levies or or Levy I don't know how you pronounce her last name l v y um her very short new Memoir called the cost of living”
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Ender's Game
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a classic science fiction novel about exceptionally gifted children recruited into a military battle school to prepare for an impending alien war.
Discussed“and um I've just started on my e-reader um a book that my son really liked that passed me by back in the day which is Enders Game the oron Scott Scott Card”
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No Longer Human
Discussed“and um I'm about halfway through the second book I'm reading by an author named Osamu da da a z AI he was a mid-century writer who actually I think committed suicide when he was in his late 40s and I the two novels that I'm reading I think are essentially the majority of his production as a writer the”
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The setting sun
Discussed“and now I'm reading a book called The Setting Sun which is very different”
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A backward glance
A Backward Glance is the autobiography of the celebrated American author Edith Wharton, offering a detailed and reflective look into her long life, literary career, and high society upbringing.
Recommended“I kept myself to one book and that is is a backward glance and autobiography by Edith Wharton and I just want to read a couple of little passages here”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“lovia gari will be here to talk about chibundu Unos welcome to Lagos”
“so I think you were here for both Factory man and for True Vine your two previous books which makes you like a rare three-time appearance here on the book review podcast the trifecta”
“that was from welcome to Legos by chibundu onu read by lovia gari who reviews it this week in the book review”
“so Sean Spicer as many of our listeners know has also released his own book which is titled The Briefing Politics the press and the president”
“and then at number two similar argument also from a Fox News personality Janine peros liars leakers and liberals is it number two and that book is a kind of general pro Trump book interesting”
“no actually u i was past the sirens onto the Cyclops part which Ed on Twitter last weekend opens with a a passing reference to a character named Moses Herzog who then Sal Bell stole the name for Herzog”
“they were of that old New York class that will be familiar to people who've read the Age of Innocence or only seen the movie”