Books Mentioned in This Episode

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Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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Bean Fate

by James Arnett

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"Well, one of them is my dad's book, Bean Fate, which I finally read, and it's amazing. I'm so proud of my dad, Jim Arnett, who wrote a book, actually."
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The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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"It's written by a Vietnamese American author, it's about the Vietnam War. And he's of Vietnamese descent."
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The Splendid and the Vile

by Erik Larson

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"When you're on the beach, reading in the sun makes me want to—what I do is write, and I'm sorry, then I just started—I’m now reading this Splendid and the Vile, which a lot of people have read."
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The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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"The Sympathizer was one that pulled surprise reading in the sun. To me, it's like being trapped in a hot car with the windows rolled up, stuck, broken."