Episode · The Book Review · 2016-06-03
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Before the Fall’
Pamela Paul discussed Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon, and Far and Away by Andrew Solomon. Noah Hawley discussed The good father by Noah Hawley. Marjorie Engel recommended The passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry and Just One Day by Gayle Forman, and discussed The Haters by Jesse Andrews. Maria Russo recommended This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and others and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Greg Cowles recommended Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter, and discussed The Passage by Justin Cronin and Tribe by Sebastian Junger.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Before the Fall
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley is a suspenseful thriller that begins with the catastrophic crash of a private jet leaving Martha's Vineyard.
Discussed“why did a private jet leaving Martha's Vineyard crash into the sea leaving only two survivors before the fall takes an unexpected turn in the hands of its author Noah Holly”
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Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree is a comprehensive non-fiction exploration of how parents and children who are significantly different from each other navigate their relationships.
Discussed“how do you pull together 25 years of brilliant travel writing and foreign reportage Andrew Solomon is here to talk about Far and Away a collection of his writing filed from around the world”
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Far and Away
Discussed“how do you pull together 25 years of brilliant travel writing and foreign reportage Andrew Solomon is here to talk about Far and Away a collection of his writing filed from around the world”
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The good father
The Good Father by Noah Hawley is a contemporary novel that follows a medical doctor on his second marriage whose life is upended when his son from a previous marriage is arrested following the assassination of a presidential candidate.
Discussed“yeah the last book was uh called the good father and and it was the story of a doctor who was on a second marriage and there was a assassination of a presidential candidate and there was a knock on his door and the son from his first marriage had been arrested and he goes on a journey to try”
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The passion of Dolssa
The Passion of Dolssa is a historical young adult novel by Julie Berry that is set in thirteenth-century Provence and tells the dramatic story of a young woman pursued by the Inquisition for her religious beliefs.
Recommended“my favorite Against All Odds was the passion of dulsa which is 500 pages and set in the 13th century in uh you know vintage provance and it has every attribute of a book I would not want to read and it is so so so good and I really hope it finds an audience because it's really about religion”
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The Haters
Discussed“the haters is about um is also about musicians that's the Jess the new Jesse Andrews novel”
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Just One Day
Just One Day is a contemporary young adult novel by Gayle Forman that follows a spirited American teenager who embarks on a spontaneous romantic adventure in Europe.
Recommended“there is um just one day in just one year by Gail Foreman are also I mean I think we all like these road trip books there's something really you know there it's both classical folkloric Heroes Journey stuff and it's also I think that's what we associate it's such a resonant teenage thing so it's um a girl who's”
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This One Summer
This One Summer is an acclaimed graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by her cousin Jillian Tamaki, capturing the emotional complexities of adolescence during a family vacation.
Recommended“we could mention in a previous book by one of the authors we reviewed in the summer reading issue U Maro Tamaki this one summer oh and the the art was done by her cousin Jillian Tamaki that is just one of the most um emotionally gorgeous resonant books again about a summer”
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a dark, imaginative fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs that blends storytelling with eerie vintage photography.
Recommended“we should say if you if you haven't read uh The Peculiar Children Trilogy uh that is that is one that really hits home and it's just uh also beautifully written and dark it's incredibly dark and it has a little bit of a visual it's got these crazy vintage uh postcard photos in it that kind of tell the”
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The Passage
The Passage by Justin Cronin is an epic post-apocalyptic horror novel that chronicles the collapse of human civilization following a catastrophic government experiment involving a viral contagion that turns people into vampire-like creatures, tracking a small band of survivors over a century.
Discussed“a couple of good books on the hard cover fiction list um starting right at the top Justin Cronin concludes his passage Trilogy uh the first two books in that were the passage and the 12 the third and final book in the trilogy is the City of Mirrors”
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Tribe
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a reflective examination of social cohesion, community, and the psychological impacts of modern isolation compared to traditional societies.
Discussed“uh on non-fiction sebastian younger's new book tribe which uh looks at soldiers um and the absence of a tribal culture in American society today and where people find that um so he he looks at the military as one obvious place for that and he speculates that the absence of tribal culture in American society is part of what”
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Grief is the thing with feathers
Grief is the thing with feathers by Max Porter is a poignant debut novel that explores the raw, chaotic aftermath of a sudden loss through the perspectives of a grieving father and his two young sons, whose mourning is physically manifested by a chaotic, talking crow.
Recommended“it is Max Porter's debut novel grief is the thing with feathers you might recognize the title as a reference to Hope is the thing with feathers the Emily Dickinson poem um this book is about a father whose young wife has died suddenly and unexpectedly and now his grief has manifested itself in um the literal physical form of”
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Other mentions in this episode (20) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“uh which is you're the Creator producer writer showrunner for the TV series Fargo”
“and your most recent book sort of feels like it just came out far from the tree although I guess it's been three years”
“i' had been very depressed subject of another one of my books I was asked by travel big Revelation there as by travel and Leisure to write a piece about sailing in turkey”
“uh there was a version of it published in the Noonday demon but it's expanded and changed here”
“the book again is Far and Away reporting from the brink of change seven continents 25 years and it's reviewed this week in our summer reading issue”
“the book again is Far and Away reporting from the brink of change seven continents 25 years and it's reviewed this week in our summer reading issue”
“um I think she wrote all the truth that's in me which was a big book”
“it's so interesting because Maria Russo our current children's books editor I remember so well your review for us of wonder”
“okay people know Jesse Andrews because he's the author of me and Earl and the dying girl”
“one is beware the girl um the second is American girls and then the third is if I were your girl do you want to talk about this If I Was Your Girl”
“won the governor general award uh last year for the her 13B”
“there is um just one day in just one year by Gail Foreman”
“a couple of good books on the hard cover fiction list um starting right at the top Justin Cronin concludes his passage Trilogy uh the first two books in that were the passage and the 12 the third and final book in the trilogy is the City of Mirrors”
“then also new on the bestseller list this week Dan at number 14 Stephanie danler who was on the podcast last week her debut novel Sweet Bitter”
“author of Between Shades of Gray when 50 Shades of Gray was thing”
“author of Between Shades of Gray when 50 Shades of Gray was thing”
“you know there's another book this season um called Bittersweet i'm pretty sure and i'm sort of feeling a little bit sorry for that person although maybe it'll be like you know uh the author of Between Shades of Gray when 50 Shades of Gray was thing and she'll get a little bonus push there”
“and then at number six um the latest book in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and lies series it's called the Patriots it's written by David fiser but it's a tie into to um Bill O'Reilly's Fox series Legends and lies about the American Revolution”
“and then at number six um the latest book in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and lies series it's called the Patriots it's written by David fiser but it's a tie into to um Bill O'Reilly's Fox series Legends and lies about the American Revolution”
“You might also think of Michael Cunningham and the hours and there and it's just it's beautifully written”