Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on From Podcast to Book with Marc Maron
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dreamland
Dreamland by Sam Quinones is a powerful non-fiction book that investigates the roots of the American opiate epidemic and the evolution of the modern drug trade.
Discussed“I've read you know I like I had Sam konia with the with Dreamland which that book just blew me away and he lives by me so that was great as a journalist”
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Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth is a provocative and darkly humorous novel centered on a aging, disgraced puppeteer grappling with grief, mortality, and his own destructive impulses.
Discussed“he lent me Philip Roth's Sabbath theater M which is a pretty big book it's an odd book for Philip Roth It's a great Philip Roth book he went me his hardback of that and in the whole book there was one sentence underlined”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is an experimental historical novel that imagines the grief of Abraham Lincoln visiting his deceased son in a cemetery populated by a chorus of ghosts.
Discussed“so as Lincoln is visiting his son in the cemetery all these other ghosts pipe up and that's where the the title comes from Lincoln and the BAU”
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The Orchid Thief
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean is a true-life narrative exploring the eccentric world of orchid poachers and plant obsession in the Florida Everglades.
Recommended“it's based on a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and it's essentially about his attempt to write a screenplay of Susan orene's book The Orchid Thief which is the book that I'm reading right now and so after seeing that I I realized that you know I had never read the Orchid thief”
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One Good Turn
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson is a crime novel featuring the recurring investigator Jackson Brody.
Recommended“well I finally finished Kate Atkinson's one good turn which I loved it's the third of her Jackson Brody books that I've read”
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent
Discussed“this particular collection is from penguin Classics and it's called The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories but it was originally published together as a collection as the Sketchbook of Jeffrey crayon gentleman which is kind of wonderful”
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Rip Van Winkle
Discussed“um but I want to talk about ripan Winkle and I want to start off by asking have you any of you read rip fan Winkle no no right so it's one of those stories that you everyone knows about I don't think anyone really reads”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The WTF host Mark Marin will be here to talk about his new book waiting for the punch”
“the book again is waiting for the punch words to live by from the WTF podcast and Mark Marin is of course the host of the WTF podcast”
“after Paul batty won for the sellout last year it's interesting because I was talking to a publisher yesterday”
“case histories is the first one and i' also read started early took my dog I think mostly based on the title but I enjoyed all of them”
“case histories is the first one and i' also read started early took my dog I think mostly based on the title but I enjoyed all of them”