Episode · The Book Review · 2021-12-23
David Sedaris on The Book Review: books mentioned (Dec 2021)
David Sedaris’s Diaries and Paul McCartney’s Songs
Pamela Paul recommended Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, and discussed A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris, Theft by Finding by David Sedaris, The Lyrics by Paul McCartney, and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. David Sedaris criticized The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. John Williams discussed Middlemarch by George Eliot. Greg Cowles discussed Less by Andrew Sean Greer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Carnival of Snackery
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris is a collection of diary entries offering a humorous, candid, and observant look at contemporary life through the author's distinct lens.
Discussed“Paul David sederis joins us now from Montana where he is on tour for his latest book a carnival of snackery”
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Theft by Finding
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris is a compelling collection of diary entries spanning from 1977 to 2002, capturing the author's sharp observational wit and formative years.
Discussed“so this is your second volume of Diaries your first one theft by finding was 1997 to 2002”
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The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher is a candid and reflective memoir compiling the late actress and writer's personal journals from her time filming the original Star Wars trilogy.
Critiqued“like I really liked Carri Fischer right I thought Carrie Fisher was really funny and I I enjoyed books and then she had that book where it was The Princess Diaries and she had her Diaries from when she was working on Star Wars”
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The Lyrics
Discussed“Paul mun joins us now from County Cork in Ireland he is a petzer prizewinning poet he has a new collection out now called howdy skelp and he is also the co-editor co-author of Paul McCartney's books the lyrics”
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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“well I've got an epic to start I I started reading Middle March by George Elliott which I've been meaning to read for many years”
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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.
Recommended“I am a huge fan although you know you're avoiding the elephant in the room which is that I did tell you to read Daniel D first and you ignored me”
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Less
Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a comedic novel that follows a failed novelist nearing fifty who accepts a series of haphazard international literary events to escape a wedding.
Discussed“I'm reading a 2017 novel that I know Pamela read and liked a lot which went on to win the 2018 p are for fiction do you know what I'm going to say Pamela less”
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The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections is a sprawling, multi-generational novel that explores the complexities, dysfunction, and shifting fortunes of an American Midwestern family at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Discussed“actually I did read a book that is not usually talked about as funny but I found parts of it funny and I'm going to read one I think funny part from it which is Jonathan fransen's the correction”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and Paul C had already done a book with Bob while he' done U blackbird singing some of his poems”
“I'd done a book for livite which was an introduction to a new edition of the Wasteland which of course had originally been published by Horus livite”
“that was from the new collection howdy scalp Paul mun is the author of that collection of poetry and also the editor of Paul McCartney's new book the lyrics”
“it's like for me there's a part that's like the battlefield scene of War and Peace where at least I don't know maybe for some readers that's very exciting for me”
“You may remember that the last time I was here I talked about Amore tls's novel a gentleman in Moscow and in some ways this is a really perfect book to follow that one”
“and there's a sequel to this book Les is lost that is coming out I I believe this fall”
“which is of course something that David Foster Wallace very deliberately did with infinite Jess”
“and of course fransen's new Trilogy is is titled after something in Middle March so we're connecting Dots here”
“I I really do like friends and I liked the corrections I liked freedom”
“I may not have read more than those and Crossroads but I like cross roads less than the corrections are Freedom”