Episode · The Book Review · 2016-02-19
Books mentioned on Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘West of Eden’
Gilbert Cruz discussed West of Eden by Jean Stein and Better Living Through Criticism by A. O. Scott. Maria Russo discussed Edie by Jean Stein. John Williams discussed The wolves by Alex Berenson, Find Her by Lisa Gardner, Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus by Pierce Brown and others, And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard Engel, In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, and Turning the tables by Teresa Giudice.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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West of Eden
West of Eden by Jean Stein is a captivating cultural history that investigates the roots of twentieth-century California fortunes and the sprawling influence of Hollywood.
Discussed“Maria rusa will talk about her review of Jean Stein's new book west of Eden What's really fun in in this book is being able to see how all of those 20th century California fortunes really came from somewhere else”
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Better Living Through Criticism
Better Living Through Criticism by A.
Discussed“Chief movie critic AO Scott will join us to talk about his first book Better Living Through criticism”
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Edie
Edie by Jean Stein is a landmark modern oral history that chronicles the dramatic life, rise, and tragic fall of Edie Sedgwick within the vibrant cultural landscape of 1960s America.
Discussed“it's by Jean Stein who also her her first really popular oral history was called Edy American Girl published in 1982”
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The wolves
Discussed“well three new books on hard cover fiction at number 14 it's the Wolves by Alex Baron the 10th book in the series featuring the former CIA agent John Wells”
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Find Her
Discussed“at number four it's fined her by Lisa Gardner in which the Boston detective now tries to hunt down a missing woman who's been abused and now is turning vigilante”
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Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus
Why people recommend it: This sci-fi graphic novel collection expands upon Pierce Brown's epic universe of interstellar rebellion, systemic oppression, and interplanetary warfare.
Discussed“and at number one pierce Brown's conclusion to his Red Rising Trilogy which is sort of a book about Interstellar Civil War sort of reaches its fairly violent and exciting”
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And Then All Hell Broke Loose
Discussed“at number 12 we have and then all hell broke loose by Richard Engel which is his Memoir of 20 years of reporting out of the Middle East”
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In Other Words
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri is a reflective memoir written entirely in Italian by the acclaimed American author.
Discussed“um and at number eight somewhat more mutly's Juma leir's first non-fiction book and first book in Italian in other words and this is an interesting book and it's sort of been getting a lot of attention”
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Turning the tables
Discussed“and there's one more there is at number five turning the tables by the Italian American Teresa judice and Casey Barker ujindice is of course the Real Housewife of New Jersey and who's recently released from prison”
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