Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Jill Leovy on The Book Review: books mentioned
Inside The New York Times Book Review: Jill Leovy’s ‘Ghettoside’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Ghettoside by Jill Leovy, Silver screen fiend by Patton Oswalt, and Ben-Gurion by Anita Shapira. Greg Cowles discussed The First Bad Man by Miranda July, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, and Digital destiny by Shawn DuBravac.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Ghettoside
Ghettoside by Jill Leovy is a powerful non-fiction book that explores the reality of homicide and law enforcement in American cities.
Discussed“jilli oie a reporter for the LA Times will be here to talk about her new book ghettoside a true story of murder in America”
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Silver screen fiend
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt is a memoir detailing the comedian's obsessive, all-consuming addiction to going to the movie theater during his early years in Los Angeles.
Discussed“Patton Oswalt will tell us about his film habit and his new book Silver Screen fiend learning about life from an addiction to film”
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Ben-Gurion
Discussed“Anita shapira joins us from Malta to talk about her new biography Ben Gan father of modern Israel”
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The First Bad Man
The First Bad Man by Miranda July is a striking and eccentric debut novel from a well-known filmmaker and avant-garde artist who previously published a well-received collection of short stories.
Discussed“let's start with one of the newcomers down at number six Miranda jalai who is well known as a filmmaker and kind of allaround avant guard artist she uh has written a previous book A Story collection that was well-received but did not hit the bestseller list um now her debut novel called the first bad man”
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is a psychological thriller novel that follows an unstable commuter who becomes dangerously entangled in a missing person investigation after observing something suspicious from her train window.
Discussed“and then finally I knew at number two on the hard cover fiction list and it's number one on the combo list um a novel called the girl on the train by a British author named Paula haw”
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Digital destiny
Discussed“It is by a guy named sha dubravac he is an economist for the consumer Electronics trade group um and his book digital Destiny new at number 10 considers what the future of our culture the future of the world might look like as uh everything gets more and more connected to the internet”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“I mean they've been helping them quite a bit with really successful adaptations of books like Gone Girl wild Now American snipers and theaters and that selling really well”
“and of course for Valentine's Day there will be a 50 Shades of Gray adaptation and that book has already sold more than 100 million”
“one was the first Hebrew novel by Abraham mapu that was called in Hebrew the love of Zion”
“and another book how had B sto's Uncle sto's cabin that brought him to s socialism”
“U then at number five um one of the old-timers Tammy Hogue is back on the list uh with uh suspense thriller uh called cold cold heart”
“Also an Oldtimer down at number three dean Co concludes his Odd Thomas series he he says that he's concluding it we will see with a book called Saint odd”
“but this book girl on the train is being presented as uh kind of a logical followup to Gone Girl it's it's another book with real twists um and an unreliable narrator”