Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Marlon James Talks About His Epic New Trilogy
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Discussed“Marlon James will tell us about his new novel black leopard Red Wolf”
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Grimm's fairy tales
Grimm's fairy tales, collected by the Brothers Grimm, comprise a legendary anthology of German folklore filled with dark, enchanting, and morally complex stories.
Discussed“the way Grim's fairy tales electrified me way Robin Hood electri FR me”
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Conversations with Ogotemmeli
Discussed“so things like conversations with aat stuff like getting into all the the dogon and Egyptian cosmology”
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Old Filth
Old Filth by Jane Gardam is a celebrated novel that portrays the life of an aging former judge and his complex, deeply buried past within the British Empire.
Discussed“Jane gom's old filth is actually a Trilogy of novels told from different points of view”
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The Giant's House
Discussed“the first one is called a Giant's house or the Giants house came out in the mid 90s”
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Bowlaway
Critiqued“the new one's called bow away and it's just out you know I don't like it as much as her previous fiction”
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An exact replica of a figment of my imagination
An exact replica of a figment of my imagination is a deeply moving memoir by Elizabeth McCracken that chronicles her profound grief, resilience, and emotional journey following the stillbirth of her first child.
Discussed“yeah it's called an exact replica of a figure of my imagination I believe and it's about a child she lost”
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Nobody's Looking at You
Critiqued“nobody's looking at you it's a collection of essays”
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Midnight in Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is a gripping historical account documenting the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster.
Recommended“so the book I reviewed this week is midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the booker prize winning author of A Brief History of seven killings and other novels”
Passing Robin Hood
“the way Grim's fairy tales electrified me way Robin Hood electri FR me”
“she's now reading brief history of seven killings”
“Marlon James is the author of A Brief History of seven killings John Crow's devil and the Book of night woman”
Passing Black Leopard, Red Wolf
“Marlon James is the author of A Brief History of seven killings John Crow's devil and the Book of night woman and his most recent book the beginning of a Trilogy is called black leopard Red Wolf”
Passing John Crow's Devil
“Marlon James is the author of A Brief History of seven killings John Crow's devil and the Book of night woman”
Passing The book of night women
“Marlon James is the author of A Brief History of seven killings John Crow's devil and the Book of night woman”
Passing Niagara Falls all over again
“her second novel came out seven or eight years later called nagara Falls all over again and this is the first one”
Passing Bowlaway
“nobody's looking at you by Janet Malcolm bway by Elizabeth McCracken”
Passing Nobody's Looking at You
“nobody's looking at you by Janet Malcolm bway by Elizabeth McCracken”