Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Jill Abramson on the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What Happened
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton is a political memoir detailing her perspective on the unexpected defeat in the 2016 United States presidential election.
Discussed“and I'm also excited we're going to talk not only about this book but also about its kind of natural companion Hillary Clinton's new Memoir what happened”
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What It Takes
What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer is a comprehensive chronicle of the 1988 United States presidential election that delves deeply into the characters, backgrounds, and motivations of the candidates.
Discussed“and that would be you know Richard Ben Kramer's what it takes you know that just gives you almost a mini biography of all of the candidates beginning during the primaries”
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The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H.
Discussed“or you know Teddy white certainly his his first book the making of the president 1960 where you had such a sea change in politics”
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Living history
Discussed“her first of course living history the second was hard choices and now what happened how does this book compare to those first two well I have to admit I did not read um the book that she wrote hard Choice”
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Hard choices
Hard Choices is a political memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton detailing her tenure as United States Secretary of State during the first term of the Obama administration.
Discussed“the second was hard choices and now what happened how does this book compare to those first two well I have to admit I did not read um the book that she wrote hard Choice”
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The Sellout
The Sellout by Paul Beatty is a bold, satirical novel about race and racism in contemporary America that made history as the first American novel to win the Booker Prize in 2016.
Discussed“and since they opened it up to Americans of course Paul batty won last year for the cellout he was the first American to ever win”
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“a lot of people were surprised to see that Coulson Whitehead was not did not make it from the long list to the short list for the Underground Railroad”
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's highly anticipated second novel, which arrived two decades after her celebrated debut, The God of Small Things.
Discussed“Andy Roy was was cut that was her much anticipated second novel the ministry of utmost happiness”
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Exit West
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a contemporary magical realist novel that explores migration, refugees, and global upheaval through the lens of a couple fleeing a war-torn country.
Discussed“for the non-americans on the list Mosen hammed made the short list for exit West which was his you know novel that sort of has a Fantastical premise”
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Autumn
Autumn by Ali Smith is a reflective contemporary novel that captures the shifting political and cultural landscape of Great Britain.
Discussed“and the other brid on the list is Ali Smith for Autumn which has been called the first great novel about brexit”
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A kind of freedom
Discussed“another one is Carol zoro's Baron Island and another one is Margaret Wilkerson seon's novel a kind of Freedom yeah the Margaret ston we just reviewed in the book review”
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward is a powerful Mississippi-set novel that functions simultaneously as a raw road trip narrative and a haunting ghost story.
Discussed“what about among the Oldtimer nov oldtimers we have um Jasmine mards Sing unburied Sing which has gotten incredible critical praise”
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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“we also have Jennifer Egan for her new novel Manhattan Beach this was a much anticipated followup to a visit from the Goon Squad and people have been waiting years and years for this novel this is very different it's historical fiction set in New York”
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The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a powerful young adult contemporary novel that follows a teenage girl grappling with the fatal police shooting of her childhood best friend.
Discussed“particularly Angie Thomas the author of The hate you give which you profiled her I I profiled her I love the book and it was you know on the top of the New York Times bestseller list”
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Simple justice
Discussed“well the book is simple Justice by Richard kuger and it's a book that I think this is the 2004 Edition so it was released because of the 50th anniversary of brown View Board”
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The once and future liberal
Discussed“that's Mark Lila's new book The Once and Future liberal which is a very short book and it is based on a an oped that he wrote for the New York Times last year”
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Notes on a Foreign Country
Discussed“I'm now reading Susie Hansen's new book it was on our cover a couple of weeks ago it was on the podcast notes on a foreign country”
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There Was and There Was Not
Discussed“I read a book A couple of years ago um by by another Young American journalist named malen tumani I think it was the name of that book was there was and there was not which comes from a a Turkish saying”
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A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré is a complex psychological thriller that delves into the intricate personal and professional life of British intelligence operative Pym.
Discussed“and I landed on a perfect spy i'm like this is the one i'm in the mood for when i picked it up i noticed that there was already a bookmark in it”
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“and for obvious reasons we also talked about Hillary rodm Clinton's new book what happened”
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“people were surprised to see those two books fall off as well as Smith swing time because that did get a lot of critical love”
“and the British writer Fiona Mosley made the short list for her debut novel elmet”
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“another one is Carol zoro's Baron Island and another one is Margaret Wilkerson seon's novel a kind of Freedom”
“this was a much anticipated followup to a visit from the Goon Squad and people have been waiting years and years for this novel”
“Daniel all con was nominated for his short Story collection the king is always above the people”
“some notable names on there include Masha gassen who was nominated for the futurist history how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia”
“and Nancy McLean's democracy and chains the Deep history of the radical right stealth plan for America”
“another exciting name on the list is Erica L Sanchez her novel is I'm not your perfect Mexican daughter”
“also Samantha maoby for all the wind in the world and I a boy is also nominated for American Street”
“also Samantha maoby for all the wind in the world and I a boy is also nominated for American Street”
“so so he was a a longtime journalist and then eventually he started writing books and I read a book I think in the '90s that he wrote about the history of the cigarette industry called ashes to ashes”
“um I'm reading a non fiction book but um following up on the Italo calino bearing in the trees and then Lily King's Euphoria which is about anthropologists in New Guinea”
“um I'm reading a non fiction book but um following up on the Italo calino bearing in the trees and then Lily King's Euphoria”
“I decided I was in the mood for John L and and I came to it because in her book kti Martin talks about Lor's book a small town in Germany which is about bond”