Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Colson Whitehead on 'Harlem Shuffle'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harlem Shuffle
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead is a richly textured historical crime novel set in 1960s New York that follows a furniture salesman navigating the criminal underworld while trying to maintain his respectability.
Discussed“and then in this book Harlem Shuffle you were in the 1960s”
Where to get it
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“um but it's it's certainly less dark than your than than the nickel boys and and Underground Railroad”
Where to get it
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The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is a powerful historical novel depicting two Black teenagers confined to a brutal and corrupt reform school in the 1960s Jim Crow South.
Discussed“um but it's it's certainly less dark than your than than the nickel boys and and Underground Railroad”
Where to get it
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The Magician
The Magician by Colm Tóibín is a historical fiction novel that offers a novelized chronicle of the life of the celebrated German author Thomas Mann.
Recommended“colum toy Bean's new novel The Magician is reviewed this week on the cover of the book review”
Where to get it
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The Master
The Master by Colm Tóibín is a celebrated biographical novel that reimagines a crucial period in the life of the renowned author Henry James.
Discussed“one of your earlier novels although you've written other novels since then which was The Master about about Henry James”
Where to get it
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Reflections of a nonpolitical man
Critiqued“where he wrote a I think a ridiculously bad book called reflections of a nonpolitical man”
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No One Is Talking About This
No Is Not Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood is a critically acclaimed debut novel that explores internet culture, modern digital existence, and profound personal tragedy.
Discussed“Patricia Lockwood is nominated for no one is talking about this her novel which is a bit of a meta commentary on the internet”
Where to get it
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B.
Discussed“fan Jeffers for the love songs of web de boys it's her debut and it's already gotten a tremendous reception”
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The Prophets
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Discussed“there's another debut by Robert Jones Jr called the prophets and this is a love story about two black enslaved men”
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A Time of Gifts
A Time of Gifts is a celebrated travel memoir by Patrick Leigh Fermor that recounts his youthful walking journey across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople in the 1930s.
Recommended“the name of this book that I'm reading is a time of gifts”
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Between the Woods and the Water
Discussed“and I also only read the middle volume of this series between the woods and the water”
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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“this is a 1988 novel called late comers that I read probably three or so years ago”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“when Noble Hustle came out and I think it's a superb book it's my book about the World Series of Poker”
“some of my characters like pepper who was a seasoned criminal in the Harlem Shuffle who's seen it all”
“but I'm now doing a second book about Carney in the 1970s”
“which is where the book this novel The Magician was launched because the German government now owns that building”
“for example Richard Powers who is shortlisted for bewilderment”
“he was also shortlisted ed for the overstory”
“Maggie shipstead is nominated for a great circle”
“he is nominated for Cloud Cuckoo Land”
“I think a two-time national book award finalist is nominated for Matrix which is her novel that's set in a Nery in France”
“and Jason M for hell of a book which I have to confess I haven't read but based on the description I'm intrigued”