Episode · The Rubin Report · 2018-06-01
Books mentioned on Intellectual Dark Web, Brexit, and Trump | Niall Ferguson | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Niall Ferguson discussed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a totalitarian society where women's rights are stripped away and a select few are forced into reproductive servitude.
Discussed“I keep reflecting on the curious revival of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale which is always taken to be a vision of what happens when right-wing people take over America”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Square and the Tower
“that led me to write that the most recent book the square on the tower was actually book number 15”
Plugged The Square and the Tower
“one must call it that in the square and the tower”