Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
Discussed“well it sounds like azna Sia is continuing that investigation um her book again is one of us the story of Anders breik and the massacre in Norway”
Where to get it
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Man SOM Hatar Kvinnor [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo] (Korean Edition)
Stieg Larsson's gripping and complex thriller Man SOM Hatar Kvinnor [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo] (Korean Edition) explores dark mysteries and societal corruption through a chilling lens.
Discussed“I come back to Stig lson but that's so much of what The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy was about and and he was a crusading investigative journalists who really focused on the rise of the anti-immigrant Neo-Nazi movement”
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a pioneering true-crime masterpiece that details the brutal 1959 murders of a Kansas family and the subsequent capture, trial, and execution of the killers.
Discussed“but unlike other uh similar works of non-fiction like in Cold Blood and the Executioner song uh the author here really takes on the weight of these crimes”
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The executioner's song
Norman Mailer's monumental true-crime masterpiece The Executioner's song is a sweeping, meticulous examination of the life and execution of Gary Gilmore.
Critiqued“and i would say you know the Executioner song uh Norman Miller's book is is an to go beyond True Crime and and one of the problems with those books and i don't want to focus too much on the negativity is there's a there's a remarkable lack of interest in the victims”
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The Light of the World
Discussed“actually on that Eternal note we'll end uh the book again is the light of the world by Elizabeth Alexander”
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Wave
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala is a harrowing and deeply moving memoir documenting the author's survival of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which tragically claimed the lives of her entire family, including her husband, two children, and parents.
Discussed“wave by sonali German yagala which was about the death of the author's parents husband and children simultaneously from the um tsunami”
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Every Fifteen Minutes
Discussed“then at number four Lisa scottoline has a new thriller called every 15 minutes”
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The Liar
Discussed“and at number two Nora Roberts is back on the list with a book called the liar”
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Natural born heroes
Discussed“uh on non-fiction there are five new titles starting down at number 16 Christopher McDougall who is a contributing editor to outside magazine and the author of a um book called Born to Run some years back that was also a bestseller has a book called Natural Born Heroes”
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Born with teeth
Discussed“then at number 15 the actress Kate Mulgrew who most recently has been a star of oranges the new black but she's also famous as Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager um and she uh had a long running role back on the soap opera Ryan's Hope Has A Memoir called Bor BN with teeth”
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Capital dames
Discussed“then at number 10 K Roberts the political correspondent for ABC News and NPR has a book called Capital Dames”
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Dealing With China
Discussed“then up at number three the former treasury secretary Henry M Paulson Jr let's just call him Hank uh has a book called dealing with China”
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The Road to Character
The Road to Character by David Brooks is a thoughtful non-fiction exploration that examines the importance of moral depth, humility, and internal virtues over external success and resume-building.
Discussed“at number one it's the road to character by uh the New York Times has own David Brooks the oped columnist”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Command and Control
“he is the author of fast food nation and command and control and is working on a book about prisons”
Passing Command and Control
“he is the author of fast food nation and command and control and is working on a book about prisons”
Passing Fast Food Nation
“he is the author of fast food nation and command and control and is working on a book about prisons”
Passing All the Light We Cannot See
“yes so the piters came out this week and I was familiar with the fiction winner as everyone will be Anthony dor is all the light we can see”
Passing Fast Food Nation
“Eric reviewed one of us this week on our cover he is also the author of fast food nation and command and”
Passing The Sixth Extinction
“and with the non-fiction winner Elizabeth colar is the six Extinction”
Passing Year of Magical Thinking, The
“as in the case of Joan didan the year of magical thinking”
Passing Born to Run
“uh on non-fiction there are five new titles starting down at number 16 Christopher McDougall who is a contributing editor to outside magazine and the author of a um book called Born to Run some years back that was also a bestseller has a book called Natural Born Heroes”