Episode · The Book Review · 2015-09-11
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff and Objective Troy. Lauren Groff recommended Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell and Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell, and discussed Arcadia by Lauren Groff. Pamela Paul discussed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. John Williams discussed Knowing your value by Mika Brzezinski, Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, Live From New York by Tom Shales and others, and Working by Studs Terkel.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff is a celebrated novel that examines the complex dynamics of a marriage by exploring the same relationship from two distinctly different perspectives.
Discussed“Lauren gra will join us to talk about her new novel Fates and Furies”
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Objective Troy
Objective Troy by Scott Shane explores the targeted killing of a radicalized American citizen by a drone strike authorized by President Obama.
Discussed“Scott Shane will talk about his new book objective Troy a terrorist a president and the rise of the Drone”
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Arcadia
Discussed“so I was writing this book while I was writing Arcadia which is my previous novel and I am fascinated by communities and Aradia was about this Utopian community and I thought what could be the smallest community on the planet”
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a dark psychological thriller that unravels the turbulent marriage and sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne through the increasingly suspect perspective of her husband, Nick.
Discussed“well one thing I think uh is not a big giveaway uh because it's so fundamental to the book is is the structure which I think you know in an odd way um is similar to Gone Girl”
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Mr. Bridge
Mr.
Recommended“uh because I I've been influenced by jeene gardam who is amazing and she's not as well known as she should be uh and evanes Connell who wrote Mr bridge and Mrs Bridge the these are extraordinary books that I would urge everybody to read”
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Mrs. Bridge
Mrs.
Recommended“uh because I I've been influenced by jeene gardam who is amazing and she's not as well known as she should be uh and evanes Connell who wrote Mr bridge and Mrs Bridge the these are extraordinary books that I would urge everybody to read”
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Knowing your value
Discussed“um although there were some practical answers and Janette Lao answered knowing your value by Ma brazinski it changed the way I worked including how I advise my clients on how they create their brand”
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Dept. of Speculation
Dept.
Discussed“Katie Adams an editor here in New York uh named Department of speculation one of our best books last year by Jenny oal which in which a uh a woman sort of struggles to get back to work after having a child and thinks about its role in her life”
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Live From New York
Live From New York by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller is an oral history of Saturday Night Live that chronicles the chaotic behind-the-scenes drama, legendary personalities, and iconic sketches of the long-running comedy institution.
Discussed“another non-fiction book that I also agree with and would not have thought of comes on Twitter from a reader named litah damasus and she says it's not necessarily the best but it's my favorite live from New York and uncensored history of Saturday Night Live”
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Working
Working by Studs Terkel is a classic oral history featuring interviews with dozens of everyday workers discussing what they do all day and how they truly feel about their careers.
Discussed“we had one answer on Facebook uh that I thought was interesting because I expected more people to say it which is Cleaves who answered stud Turles working which is the sort of oral history of people talking about life on their jobs”
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Other mentions in this episode (17) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“she is the author of two novels previously the monsters of Templeton and Arcadia and a Story collection delicate edible birds and she now has a new book Fates and Furies getting a lot of attention and reviewed this week on our cover”
“she is the author of two novels previously the monsters of Templeton and Arcadia and a Story collection delicate edible birds and she now has a new book Fates and Furies getting a lot of attention and reviewed this week on our cover”
“she is the author of two novels previously the monsters of Templeton and Arcadia and a Story collection delicate edible birds and she now has a new book Fates and Furies getting a lot of attention and reviewed this week on our cover”
“there was Harper Le's go a Watchman and eel James Gray”
“there was Harper Le's go a Watchman and eel James Gray”
“so I wrote a book on the Soviet collapse that was published in '94 called dismantling Utopia”
“the book again is objective Troy a terrorist a president and the rise of the Drone by Scott Shane”
“starting down at number 11 Christine fan continues her dark series uh paranormal romance about a species called the carpathians with a book called Dark ghost”
“then at number nine Clive kusler and his co-writer Russell Blake also continuous Series this is the Fargo Adventure series um with a book called The Solomon curse”
“then at number eight Danielle Steel with a standalone book uh called undercover a romantic suspense novel”
“up at number four more series action uh from Czech wendig continuing the Star Wars series with a book called Star Wars aftermath”
“then uh at number two Jonathan Franzen returns to the list with his latest novel Purity”
“the latest book in that series uh is called the girl in The Spiders web was reviewed in our cover of course by the child child”
“down at number 12 sha naor has a book called Relentless strike that looks at the Joint Special Operations Command uh which takes on the war on terror”
“then at number 11 Linda hman has written about Sandra Deo Conor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the first women on the Supreme Court a book called sisters in law”
“then up at number six John U bacon the sports journalist uh has written a book about the Michigan Wolverines college football program called Endzone”
“Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney have a book out called exceptional”