Episode · The Book Review · 2022-06-03
Books mentioned on One Island, Two Men and Lots of Big Questions
John Williams discussed Uncertain Ground by Phil Klay and An Island by Karen Jennings. Phil Klay discussed Missionaries by Phil Klay. Dwight Garner discussed Phil by Alan Shipnuck. Alexandra Jacobs discussed Here's the Deal by Kellyanne Conway.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Uncertain Ground
Discussed“Phil cly a Marine Corps veteran and claimed fiction writer joins us to talk about a new collection of his non-fiction uncertain ground citizenship in an age of endless Invisible War”
Where to get it
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An Island
Discussed“her first novel published in the United States is an Island it was longlisted for the booker Prize last year”
Where to get it
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Missionaries
Discussed“because my last book missionaries was in many ways a novel about these things and I think that you know novel is not a a Manifesto It's a novel”
Where to get it
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Phil
Phil by Alan Shipnuck is an unauthorized, revealing biography of professional golfer Phil Mickelson that examines his complex career, high-stakes gambling habits, and the explosive interview that caused a massive rift in the golfing world.
Discussed“you reviewed a juicy is biography yeah it's a short book about Phil nichelson the golfer Tiger Woods's great rival and it was written by Alan shnook a fellow who's written long time for Sports Illustrated in Golf Magazine”
Where to get it
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Here's the Deal
Kellyanne Conway's memoir "Here's the Deal" offers a raw, unfiltered look inside her time working in the White House and navigating high-stakes American politics.
Discussed“I reviewed kellyanne Conway's Memoir which is called here's the deal which I thought was an interesting title”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Redeployment
“he won the national book award for fiction in 2014 for his debut collection of short stories redeployment he's also the author of the novel missionaries”
Passing Missionaries
“he's also the author of the novel missionaries”
Passing Trump: The Art of the Deal
“considering that her her boss's famous her former boss's famous book is the art of the deal”