Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a contemporary bestselling novel that follows a recently divorced man navigating the complexities of middle-aged dating and family life in New York City.
Recommended“and her new novel is called fman is in trouble its getting great reviews”
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Bottle of Lies
Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban is an investigative journalistic account that exposes the inside story of the generic drug boom and widespread regulatory failures.
Recommended“the book again is called bottle of life the inside story of the generic drug Boom by Catherine eban”
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The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels is a rich, expansive novel by Luis Alberto Urrea that chronicles a sprawling Mexican-American family gathering in San Diego to celebrate and mourn the final birthday of its aging patriarch, Angel de la Cruz.
Book club“Julys pick is the house of broken Angels by Luis Alberto Ura and Ura was a previous guest here on the podcast for this novel”
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The Devil's Highway
Discussed“hes written a number of books his most famous being the 2004 non-fiction book The Devils Highway”
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Dangerous doses
Discussed“she is an investigative journalist the author previously of the book dangerous doses a true story of cops counterfeits”
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Minor characters
Joyce Johnson's memoir Minor Characters provides a compelling look into the lives of women orbiting the Beat generation and sheds light on the heavily masculine atmosphere of that literary movement.
Discussed“minor characters is very much about the women in the Beats orbit and how masculine the whole beat thing was”
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On the Road
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal novel chronicling the cross-country road trips and jazz-fueled adventures of its narrator and his peers.
Discussed“and he met Jack herak through other people she knew and so she essentially became an on and off again romantic partner of Jack herak right around the time that on the road was published”
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The Path To Power
The Path To Power by Robert A.
Recommended“Im about 400 pages into the more than 3000 in counting pages that robert Carol has written about Lyndon Johnson”
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Here
Here by Richard McGuire is a groundbreaking graphic novel that depicts a single corner of a room across vast spans of geological and human time from a fixed perspective.
Recommended“Im reading a graphic novel called here by the artist Richard Maguire”
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Exhalation
Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a critically acclaimed collection of science fiction short stories exploring profound philosophical questions, memory, and technology.
Recommended“the book is called exhalation it came out earlier this spring”
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