Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-02-08
Books mentioned on Kara Swisher on the Radicalization of Elon Musk | The Ezra Klein Show
Kara Swisher recommended North Woods by Daniel Mason, The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason, and Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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North Woods
North Woods by Daniel Mason is a sweeping historical novel that traces the lives of diverse inhabitants living in a single New England house across centuries.
Recommended“um I love the book Northwoods by Daniel Mason um which came out last year uh which is about a house the history of a house and the people who lived in it”
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The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason is a historical fiction novel set in nineteenth-century Burma, following an eccentric piano tuner commissioned to repair an instrument in a remote jungle outpost.
Recommended“I'm reading the piano tuner right now I'm reading all his stuff”
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Confederates in the Attic
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz is a captivating work of narrative journalism that explores the lingering presence of the American Civil War in the modern Southern states.
Recommended“Tony Horwitz who is a friend of mine geraldine's a friend of mine um he he wrote Confederates in the attic and it's a beautiful rumination on mortality and history”
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