Episode · The Book Review · 2016-09-09
Mark Thompson on The Book Review: books mentioned
Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mark Thompson's 'Enough Said'
Gilbert Cruz discussed Enough Said by Mark Thompson. Alexandra Alter discussed All we have left by Wendy Mills and Graphic Novel"I Survived 9/11" The Attacks of September 11 by Lauren Tarshis and others. Pamela Paul recommended The North water by Ian McGuire, and discussed True Believer by Kati Marton. John Williams discussed The Nix by Nathan Hill, A great reckoning by Louise Penny, The perfect horse by Elizabeth Letts, The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe and others, Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion, and A time to be born by Dawn Powell. Greg Cowles recommended Washington Square by Henry James.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Enough Said
Enough Said by Mark Thompson is an insightful examination of what has gone wrong with the language of politics in the modern era.
Discussed“and to get back to the book with one last question but a big one”
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All we have left
Discussed“I think the the bulk of them are middle grade in ya um a couple of the ones that are that are new that I think are interesting are um all we have left by Wendy Mills and I spoke to her for the story”
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Graphic Novel"I Survived 9/11" The Attacks of September 11
Discussed“so there have been been a couple of um fairly popular ones including um I survived 911 by Scholastic which I believe has part of a series”
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True Believer
True Believer by Kati Marton is a compelling biographical work that explores the complex life and espionage activities of Noel Field, known as Stalin's last American spy.
Discussed“well in the 30s which is when True Believer takes place there were plenty of witches in the woods”
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The Nix
The Nix is a sprawling, satirical debut novel by Nathan Hill that traces the complex relationship between a son and his elusive mother against a backdrop of historical and political protest.
Discussed“most notably probably this debut novel by Nathan Hill called the Nicks niix”
Where to get it
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A great reckoning
Discussed“also Louise peny a great Reckoning that's the latest in her Armand gash series”
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The Kingdom of Speech
The Kingdom of Speech is a provocative non-fiction work by renowned author Tom Wolfe, featuring contributions by Ernest Riera Arbussà, that explores and challenges conventional theories regarding the origins of human language.
Discussed“um and then um also notably Tom Wolf uh with his kind of argument um against the theory of evolution”
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Play It as It Lays
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion is a stark and haunting 1970 novel that captures the profound existential alienation and emotional desolation of a former actress adrift in the desolate landscapes of Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Discussed“I read um Joan dian's 1970 novel play as it lays which I had never read her fiction before and I'm a big fan of her non-fiction like most people are this didn't quite grab me the way that her non-fiction does”
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A time to be born
Discussed“and now I'm about 100 100 pages into book by Don Powell called the time to be born”
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Washington Square
Washington Square by Henry James is a compelling novella that explores themes of courtship, family control, and inheritance in nineteenth-century New York City.
Recommended“when he heard that I hadn't read Henry James he said oh you've got to at least read Washington Square and so that's why that one um you know be because Mark Sarvis recommended it to me”
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The North water
The North Water by Ian McGuire is a gripping historical novel set aboard a whaling ship in the nineteenth century, following a brutal journey into the freezing waters of the Arctic.
Recommended“I just finished um a book that came out earlier this year um Ian McGuire's uh book the north water”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Mark Thompson CEO of the New York Times has Choice words about that in his new book enough said what's gone wrong with political language”
“author kotti Martin explores this in her new book True Believer”
“his book is called enough said what's wrong with the language of politics”
“I thought the leave campaign uh were much more effective at finding exactly what my books about which are pithy liberating empowering slogans”
“longtime journalist kotti Martin lays out field story in her new book True Believer Stalin's last American spy”
“and so I benefit from those notes in um in True Believer”
“as when you read True Believer you will be absolutely convinced”