Episode · The Book Review · 2018-02-09
Laura Lippman on The Book Review: books mentioned
Laura Lippman on 'Sunburn'
Gilbert Cruz discussed Sunburn: A Novel by Laura Lippman, Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James, and Outline by Rachel Cusk. Laura Lippman discussed The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain and Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler. Alexandra Alter discussed The Crossover by Kwame Alexander and Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Lvia García discussed Here in Berlin by Cristina García and Open city by Teju Cole and others. John Williams discussed The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, Black No More by George Schuyler, and The Sellout by Paul Beatty. Greg Cowles discussed The informed air by Muriel Spark and A good comb by Muriel Spark.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sunburn: A Novel
Discussed“Laura Litman will be here to talk about her latest suspense novel sunburn”
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Discussed“the easiest way to describe it is Imagine The Postman Always Rings Twice except it's 1995 and the stranger passing through town is a woman instead of a man”
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Ladder of Years
Discussed“I know that I had always thought that the idea at the heart of an Tyler's lad of years a novel that happened to be published in 1995 was a very dark idea although she played it for great comic and human effect and that was the story of a woman who got so disgusted with her family that she”
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.
Discussed“so for people who listeners who don't know yel James she is the 50 Shades of Gray author”
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The Crossover
Discussed“and then when he came up with the idea for the crossover which is his first breakout book he was rejected by 22 Publishers before it finally got published it became a bestseller it won the Newberry medal in 2015”
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Discussed“You have other authors like jacqulyn Woodson whose Memoir brown girl dreaming was written in free verse”
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Here in Berlin
Discussed“um I am reading here in Berlin um by Christina Garcia which was actually reviewed um in TBR by Wendy lesser”
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Open city
Discussed“and it actually reminds me of tesu Cole's open City uh there's a part in the book in open City where Julius the main character goes to Brussels”
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Outline
Outline by Rachel Cusk is a critically acclaimed contemporary novel known for its minimalist style and unique narrative structure where the protagonist reveals herself primarily through the stories told to her by others.
Discussed“the framework makes it sound so much like Rachel cusk's recent work outline is very much the woman in the background”
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The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a classic 1881 novel following the spirited young American heiress Isabel Archer as she navigates European society, independence, and a disastrous marriage.
Discussed“well I finished the portrait of a lady which I read pretty quickly given how big it is”
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Black No More
Black No More by George Schuyler is a satirical science fiction novel exploring the societal chaos that erupts when a medical procedure allows Black Americans to magically turn white.
Discussed“a book from the 1930s that parl reviewed recently in the paper called black No More by George Skyler and it's about a doctor who finds a way to make black people white very quickly”
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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 it reminds me in some ways because of that of Paul Batty's the sellout which is a recent book that kind of has no sacred cows and is also very funny and cutting”
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The informed air
Discussed“now I've moved on to Muriel spark her book The informed air uh which came out maybe four or five years ago from New Directions and was reissued again uh this year”
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A good comb
Discussed“it's actually just like collected aphorisms and sayings it's delightful I really like reading aphorisms”
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