Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Attica Uprising
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a classic novel by Ernest Hemingway that explores intense themes of mortality, military duty, and human time against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Discussed“it wasn't until I was out of college that for some crazy reason I picked up For Whom the Bell TOS by Hemingway I was blown away”
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The Foundation Trilogy
The Foundation Trilogy is a seminal science fiction series by Isaac Asimov that follows the efforts of mathematician Hari Seldon to preserve human knowledge and civilization through a dark age using psychohistory.
Discussed“They wanted me to read Isaac azimoff's Foundation Trilogy so they recorded it and presented it to me in two shoe boxes full of set tapes”
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Patient H. M. - A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich is a profound nonfiction work exploring the tragic medical history of Henry Molaison and the complex family dynamics surrounding his treatment.
Recommended“well for those readers who want to engage the book again is called patient hm a story of memory Madness and family secrets by Luke ditrich and Seth manukan our reviewer”
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Absolute Beginners
Discussed“the one that not many have is called absolute beginners it's by a British writer named Colin McKinnis”
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“and there's a a moment in that book where the protagonist is taking a train up the Hudson River Valley and he's looking at the Hudson and casting his mind back to before it was settled... very much uh kind of an illusion I think to to that paragraph”
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Netherland
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel that reimagines the classic themes of The Great Gatsby through the lens of a post-9/11 New York City cricket community.
Discussed“that paragraph actually Rems me of a book that um draws very much on the influence of The Great Gatsby which is Joseph O'Neal's Netherland”
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The Times of My Life
Discussed“and that's um max frankl's Memoir uh the times of my life and the subtitle is and my life at the Times”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I remember the Wind in the Willows was required reading early on and my well-meaning mother took one look at the book and said I didn't have to trudge through it”
“so my father took us all my sisters and I had a copy of The Godfather and we read it throughout the trip”
“he is the author of the panic virus most recently and this week in the book review”
“it actually it has sort of Echoes of you know the American version might be the catcher and the Ry but this is a little more for adults”