Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The Ottoman Empire’s Influence on the Present Day
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a deeply moving and gritty debut novel following a young boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow amidst poverty and his mother's struggles with alcoholism.
Discussed“I just finished a book that had been on my radar but became Rose quickly to the top of the list because it's a finalist for both the booker and the national book award and that's Douglas Stewart's suy Bane and it's long and it's absorbing”
Where to get it
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Born a Crime
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is a widely acclaimed memoir by the comedian and television host that chronicles his turbulent upbringing growing up as a mixed-race child under the oppressive system of apartheid in South Africa.
Discussed“I think he started thinking about this after listening to us talk about born a crime by Trevor Noah”
Where to get it
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is an experimental historical novel that imagines the grief of Abraham Lincoln visiting his deceased son in a cemetery populated by a chorus of ghosts.
Discussed“the other author who immediately comes to mind is the great George Saunders I listen to Lincoln and the BAU a fairly experimental novel with a cast of notable and rather talented narrators”
Where to get it
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Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial 1955 novel told primarily from the perspective of Humbert Humbert, an academic who becomes obsessed with and entraps a young girl named Lolita.
Discussed“I loved the Jeremy irons's rendition of Lolita and my roommate at one point asked me to stop because I would like clean the house while listening to Jeremy Irons”
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Matilda
Roald Dahl's Matilda is a beloved children's fantasy novel about a gifted young girl who uses her intelligence and telekinetic powers to overcome neglectful parents and a tyrannical school headmistress.
Recommended“Kate is has has read a few of the r doll books especially Matilda and they are fantastic”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“probably I bought the cassette tape at least 25 years ago of The Accidental Tourist by an Tyler which I had read and liked and I saw that John malovich did the narration and at the time I was you know in sort of a John malovich phase”
“and at some point gave me the audio book of Rebecca by dapne De morier and the audio book read by Clare Bloom and was sort of like have had it work it out”
“I want to hear Melville reading Moby Dick”