Episode · The Book Review · 2024-09-06
Kate Atkinson on The Book Review: books mentioned (Sep 2024)
Kate Atkinson on the Return of Jackson Brodie
Gilbert Cruz recommended Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson. Sarah Lyall discussed Behind the scenes at the museum by Kate Atkinson, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson, and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson. Kate Atkinson discussed The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Death at the Sign of the Rook
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson is a captivating mystery novel that marks the return of the author's beloved private eye, Jackson Brody.
Recommended“and one of those books if you're a mystery fan will likely be Death At The Sign of The Rook by Kate Atkinson this is the sixth novel starring Atkinson's beloved private eye Jackson Brody”
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Behind the scenes at the museum
Discussed“her debut novel behind the scenes at the Museum won the wit breeds book of the Year award in 1996”
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Life After Life
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson is a celebrated novel that follows protagonist Ursula Todd as she repeatedly dies and is reborn across different eras of the twentieth century, most notably the Second World War.
Discussed“in the 2010s two of her other novels Life After Life and its sequel a God in Ruins won the Costa Award for best novel of the year in Britain”
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A god in ruins
A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson is a companion novel and sequel to Life After Life, following the life of Teddy Todd during and after the London World War II Blitz era.
Discussed“in the 2010s two of her other novels Life After Life and its sequel a God in Ruins won the Costa Award for best novel of the year in Britain”
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel that introduced the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to the world and launched the author's legendary career.
Discussed“which is after Styles which is the house and one of her books right and the Mysterious Affair at Styles”
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Started Early, Took My Dog
Discussed“and of course one of the titles of your one of your Jackson Brody books comes from a poem of hers I long time I wanted to write a novel had an Emily diggson first line line as the title for no good reason part of him to amuse myself and that's the reason in that book that Jackson gets”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“because I know from my own reading I think I have never yet C over the death of ginger in Black Beauty”