Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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American Psycho
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is a satirical psychological horror novel that explores the depraved and hyper-materialist life of a wealthy New York City investment banker named Patrick Bateman.
Discussed“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
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Consequence
Discussed“Eric fair is a veteran of the last Iraq war his book is unusual in so many ways”
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The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that explores the Vietnam War and its aftermath through the eyes of a double agent caught between loyalties.
Discussed“and so the sympathizer is a radically different kind of work which is it yes it deals with Vietnamese refugees to some extent”
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The Obsession
Discussed“well Nora Roberts is there she makes her debut at number one with a novel called the OB session”
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Black hole blues
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space is a non-fiction science book by Janna Levin that chronicles the monumental quest to detect gravitational waves and build the LIGO machine.
Recommended“one of them is black hole blues and other songs from Outer Space by Jan 11 and it's a Chronicle of the development of a machine that detects gravitational waves”
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin is a chronicle of the scientific development of the advanced machinery used to detect gravitational waves.
Recommended“one of them is black hole blues and other songs from Outer Space by Jan 11 and it's a Chronicle of the development of a machine that detects gravitational waves”
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 8-Copy Counter Display
Carlo Rovelli's accessible introduction to modern physics breaks down complex scientific concepts into a series of brief, engaging essays.
Recommended“the other one is seven brief lessons on physics by Carlo relli which uh was originally published in Italy and outsold 50 Shades of Gray”
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Lab Girl
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is a celebrated memoir by a geobiologist that chronicles her life in science, her deep fascination with the natural world, and her pioneering research on plants and trees.
Discussed“there's also at number nine a book called lab Girl by hope Jaren which is again um not an obvious pick for bestseller list”
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Alice & Oliver
Discussed“um Charles box Alice and Oliver which is a a marriage novel”
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Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“plus a former interrogator in Iraq writes about scars from the war Eric far's new book is consequence a memoir”
“because I was at Tuck Everlasting a week ago and Natalie babot the author of the book was there and they made a big to-do about it”
“how old was he when less than zero came out cu his debut good question so that came out in ' 885 23 or so”
“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
“so it's interesting too because J mcinerney has a sequel coming out to Bright light's big city this are back seriously”
“and last year there was another novel by a Vietnamese American Author that was also a thriller um VR Dragonfish where you're sort of taking this into kind of new territory”
“the sequel to The sympathetic forthcoming from Grove”
“thought very very well by um I I can't say positive because it it was not a very positive review really intelligently and thoughtfully by Lauren gra who wrote Fates and Furies”
“thought very very well by um I I can't say positive because it it was not a very positive review really intelligently and thoughtfully by Lauren gra who wrote Fates and Furies”
“he was for his first novel as well beautiful children”