Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Jeffrey Toobin on Writing About Trump
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Opening arguments
Discussed“I was one of the prosecutors in the Iran contration in the Lawrence Walsh investigation wrote my first book opening arguments about that”
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors
True Crimes and Misdemeanors by Jeffrey Toobin is a detailed journalistic investigation into the legal and political battles surrounding Donald Trump.
Recommended“the book again is true crimes and misdemeanors the investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey tubin”
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Reaganland
Reaganland by Rick Perlstein is a sweeping historical and political narrative that examines the rise of the American conservative movement and the turbulent buildup to Ronald Reagan's presidency.
Recommended“well I'm reading now Rick perlin's Reagan land which is so much fun and so great”
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The Killer Angels
Discussed“so the book I read before that was the killer angels by Michael Shara”
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France the Dark Years, 1940-1944
Discussed“I read a book called France the dark years by a professor named Jackson”
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The Proud Tower
The Proud Tower is a brilliant historical work by Barbara W.
Discussed“the proud Tower by Barbara tuckman”
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A Distant Mirror
Discussed“it's so funny because the Barbara tuckman that everyone's been talking about most recently has been the distant mirror because of the pandemic”
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THE PLAGUE
The Plague is an existentialist novel by Albert Camus that follows the harrowing struggles of citizens trapped in a plague-stricken Algerian city.
Discussed“I read the plague by cimu because a group of us you know for obvious reasons were reading that”
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The Splendid and the Vile
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson is a gripping historical non-fiction work detailing how Winston Churchill and the British people weathered the harrowing Blitz during World War II.
Discussed“I read The Splendid in the vial which is a huge bestseller”
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Common Ground
Common Ground by J.
Recommended“perhaps my favorite book in the whole world which is Common Ground by J Anthony Lucas which is a book about the Boston busing crisis”
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My Brilliant Friend
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is the captivating first volume of the internationally acclaimed Neapolitan quartet, chronicling the complex lifelong friendship of two girls growing up in a poor yet vibrant neighborhood in Naples.
Discussed“I believe I read my brilliant friend first when it was the only Neapolitan book out in English”
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The Neapolitan Novels : My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, which include My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, are a celebrated multi-volume exploration of female friendship, class, and identity set against the backdrop of changing Italian society.
Discussed“so those novels are my brilliant friend the story of a new name then those who leave and those who stay and the story of A Lost Child”
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Wave
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala is a harrowing and deeply moving memoir documenting the author's survival of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which tragically claimed the lives of her entire family, including her husband, two children, and parents.
Discussed“but so Tali daga's Memoir wave I don't know if you if you read that book and that book was a memoir really heart-wrenching”
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Odetta's One Grain of Sand
Discussed“and the other book is called one grain of sand it's a smaller book by Matthew fry Jacobson”
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“I mean William El shire's book you know the the but what was the title that”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler is a notorious autobiographical manifesto detailing the political ideology and future plans of the Nazi dictator.
Discussed“this was before of course most of the Western World knew about the full extent of the Holocaust although of course there there were things known in certain quarters but early reviews at least at the New York Times were not strong”
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My Struggle
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård, translated by Don Bartlett, is a monumental six-volume autofictional masterwork that meticulously details the ordinary details, emotional triumphs, and domestic struggles of the author's everyday life.
Discussed“and then you know you read these books over and over again and for example the the last volume of canard's my struggle series was essentially a retelling of of mine comp”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Jeffrey tubin will join us to talk about his latest book true crimes and misdemeanors”
“that series of books sort of became this huge phenomenon around the same time that Canal Scar's multivolume my struggle series also became very popular”
“and the second one was called Nemesis and Nemesis actually began a few years before where rrich picks up”
“Dwight I reviewed Odetta by Ian Zach a biography and also one grain of sand by Matthew fry Jacobson”
“Dwight I reviewed Odetta by Ian Zach a biography and also one grain of sand by Matthew fry Jacobson”