Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Jennifer Egan Talks About 'The Candy House'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan is a critically acclaimed novel exploring time, aging, and the music industry through an interconnected series of narratives.
Discussed“the new novel again is the Candy House a followup of whatever nature you want to describe it as to Jennifer eagan's pulit Sur prise winning novel a visit from the Goon Squad”
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The Candy House
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan is an imaginative, intricately structured novel that serves as a companion piece to her earlier acclaimed work A Visit from the Goon Squad, following interconnected characters through their lives and technological futures.
Discussed“the new novel again is the Candy House a followup of whatever nature you want to describe it as to Jennifer eagan's pulit Sur prise winning novel a visit from the Goon Squad”
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Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan is a sweeping historical fiction novel set in New York City during World War II, following a young woman who breaks barriers to become the first female diver at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Discussed“especially compared to Manhattan Beach which as you suggested had a very traditional feel to it”
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Their Four Hearts
Discussed“one of them is therefore Hearts which I mentioned it's about these four archetypal Soviet Heroes who are sent on this pointless mission that involves all kinds of violence and degradation and really some of the most grotesque things I've ever read”
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Day of the Oprichnik
Discussed“so there's the day of the pitnick which is probably his most overtly political book”
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Telluria
Discussed“and one of his books that is coming out this year also in translation for the first time is Toria and that's also set in a futuristic Russia Europe that has devolved into these feudal medieval States”
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Blue Lard
Discussed“some of the ones that are coming out include blue lard which features a sex scene between clones of Stalin and kushev and landed soken with a charge of obscenity and distributing pornography which was later dropped”
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The Diana Chronicles
Discussed“obviously her first book was the Diana Chronicles which I also reviewed back in ancient times at the New York Observer and that was more or less a biography”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Look at Me
“she is the author of several novels including look at me and Manhattan Beach”
Passing Manhattan Beach
“she is the author of several novels including look at me and Manhattan Beach”