Episode · The Book Review · 2016-04-22
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’
Pamela Paul discussed Old Age by Michael Kinsley, Consequence by Eric Fair, and The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Alexandra Alter discussed American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Greg Cowles discussed The Obsession by Nora Roberts and Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and others. Parul Sehgal recommended Black hole blues by Janna Levin, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin, and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 8-Copy Counter Display by Carlo Rovelli, and discussed Lab Girl by Hope Jahren and Alice & Oliver by Charles Bock.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Old Age
Old Age by Michael Kinsley is a thoughtful exploration of aging, memory, and the physical realities of growing older.
Discussed“he's now expanded that into a new book old age a beginner's guide Mike thanks so much for being here”
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American Psycho
American Psycho is a controversial and satirical 1991 horror novel by Bret Easton Ellis that explores the hyper-materialistic, ultra-violent life of Wall Street yuppie and serial killer Patrick Bateman.
Discussed“I'm always at home reading book so that was very exciting and even more exciting I got to see uh the musical of American Psycho with Brett Easton Ellis the author of The novel which came out in 1991”
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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 communist spy of mixed French and Vietnamese descent living as a refugee in America.
Discussed“this is very exciting because we have here Viet 10 n who just won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his first novel The sympathizer”
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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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Hamilton
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter is a non-fiction companion book to the hit musical that explores the creation of the show alongside the original biographical work by Ron Chernow.
Discussed“Hamilton the Revolution by Lyn Manuel Miranda and Jeremy mcarter who is a um theater reporter”
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Black hole blues
Black hole blues by Janna Levin is a compelling chronicle detailing the decades-long development of the massive scientific machines designed 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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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin is a captivating non-fiction chronicle detailing the scientific quest to detect gravitational waves and capture the elusive signals of black holes colliding in the distant universe.
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
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is an engaging introduction to modern theoretical physics by Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli, originally written as newspaper 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 (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“in old age a beginner's guide the World War II generation will be remembered for this enormous heroism they showed in winning World War II”
“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 the new book nothing ever dies Vietnam in the memory of War right so you have a non-fiction book out at the same time that this happened”
“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”
“he was for his first novel as well beautiful children”