Episode · The Book Review · 2015-07-17
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan. Peter Moore discussed The Weather Experiment by Peter Moore. Also mentioned: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is a memoir by William Finnegan that chronicles a lifelong passion for surfing alongside his distinguished career as a New Yorker staff writer and war reporter.
Discussed“William finegan will join us to talk about his new book Barbarian days”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and empathy in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.
Discussed“it's in the top selling spot to Kill a Mocking Bird is also gotten a huge boost”
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Go Set A Watchman
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee is a novel written before To Kill a Mockingbird that follows an adult Scout returning to Maycomb, Alabama, and confronting her aging father's complex racial views.
Critiqued“they said we at brilliant books want to be sure that our customers are aware that ghost at a Watchmen is not a sequel or a prequel to tequilla Mockingbird neither is it a new book”
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The Weather Experiment
Discussed“so I thought that was that was a good story of progress that I wanted to tell how did we get into the idea of predicting”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and then up at number three Brad Thor a thriller writer with a name I love to say um has his 15th Scott harvath Thriller code of conduct”
“uh there are three new titles on the non-fiction side of things down at number 133 the pets are winning author and journalist David Hoffman has a a non-fiction spy Thriller called the billion dooll spy”
“then at number seven the Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has kind of a a memoir that's also like a campaign broadside called a time for truth”
“and then finally at number four the 39th president of the United States Jimmy Carter who's now 90 years old and makes frequent appearances on the non-fiction list he could have all 15 spots too um he's got a new Memoir looking back on his life both as a politician and his private life it's called a full life”