Episode · The Book Review · 2015-08-07
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Katrina: After the Flood’
Gilbert Cruz discussed Katrina by Gary Rivlin and Blue by Joe Domanick. Alexandra Alter discussed The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism by Naoki Higashida and others and Pound Foolish by Helaine Olen. Joe Domanick discussed To protect and to serve by Joe Domanick. Greg Cowles discussed The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward, The Paris wife by Paula McLain, Circling the Sun by Paula McLain, Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, and Blackout by Sarah Hepola.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Katrina
Discussed“Gary rivlin will tell us about his new book Katrina After the flood”
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Blue
Blue by Joe Domanick is an investigative exploration of the Los Angeles Police Department and the ongoing, complex struggle to reform American policing.
Discussed“Joe Dominic will be here to talk about his new book blue the LAPD and the battle to redeem American policing”
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The Reason I Jump One Boys Voice From The Silence Of Autism
The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida, translated with contributions from K.A.
Discussed“mean a couple of examples of ones that have really taken off as a result of his support are um the Memoir the reason I jump which is by a Japanese boy with autism”
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Pound Foolish
Discussed“one that got one is pound foolish exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry”
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To protect and to serve
Discussed“and from there I got a a book contract for my first book about the LAPD protectant to serve”
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The Bourbon Kings
Discussed“there are three new titles on the hard cover fiction list this week starting down at number 14 with a book called The Bourbon Kings by Jr Ward”
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The Paris wife
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain is a historical fiction novel that portrays the complex marriage between Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Richardson, as well as his subsequent relationship with Pauline Pfeiffer.
Discussed“the final new book on the list this week um is by Paula mlan who's famous of course for the Paris White”
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Circling the Sun
Discussed“it's called circling the sun and it is about The Aviator barl Markham who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1936”
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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.
Discussed“yeah number one goes set of Watchman by Harper Lee”
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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“number two the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a celebrated historical novel set during World War II that follows the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France.
Discussed“and number three all the light we cannot see by Anthony which has now been on the list for 65 weeks”
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