Episode · The Book Review · 2019-05-10
Books mentioned on The Real Life of a Diplomat, Told Like a Novel
Gilbert Cruz recommended Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. Pamela Paul recommended So long, see you tomorrow by William Maxwell, and discussed The Unwinding by George Packer and The assassins' gate by George Packer. Tina Jordan recommended Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K. Randall. John Williams recommended The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert and others. Greg Cowles recommended The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb is a candid, deeply personal exploration of human psychology that pulls back the curtain on the therapeutic process from both the patient's and the therapist's perspectives.
Recommended“author Lori gotle a therapist herself May well persuade you she'll be here to discuss her new book maybe you should talk to someone”
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The Unwinding
The Unwinding by George Packer is a narrative non-fiction book that explores the profound political, economic, and social fracturing of America from the late twentieth century through the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis by following the intersecting lives of several ordinary citizens and public figures.
Discussed“I mean the unwinding is a book about essentially America at a certain moment in time the Assassins gate about Iraq”
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The assassins' gate
Discussed“I mean the unwinding is a book about essentially America at a certain moment in time the Assassins gate about Iraq”
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Black Death at the Golden Gate
Black Death at the Golden Gate by David K.
Recommended“so I'm reading a book called Black Death At The Golden Gate the race to save America from the Bubonic plague by David K Randall”
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a deeply researched examination of the ongoing mass extinction event driven by human activity and its catastrophic implications for global biodiversity.
Recommended“I am for some reason reason I decided this week at bedtime given given the unremitting news Etc to pick up Elizabeth Colbert's the sixth Extinction as my bedtime rating”
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a totalitarian society where women's rights are stripped away and a select few are forced into reproductive servitude.
Recommended“and that is Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's Tale which is having a real cultural moment right now with the TV show”
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So long, see you tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell is a celebrated, poignant novella that explores a childhood memory, isolation, and a tragic murder in a small Midwestern town.
Recommended“I read the novel or it's maybe it's more of a Nolla by William Maxwell called so long see you tomorrow one of my absolute favorites”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“George Packer will be here to talk about his book our man Richard Holbrook and the end of the American Century”
“he is the author of The unwinding which won the national book award and the Assassin's gate among other books”
“he is the author of The unwinding which won the national book award and the Assassin's gate among other books”
“I was describing it yesterday to John as a mashup of Eric Larson and Richard Preston you know who wrote the The Hot Zone the Ebola book”
“Pamela was shocked recently to learn that I had never read to Kill a Mocking Bird and I still have not read to moing bird”
“it opens with a quote from Genesis but then goes right into a Jonathan Swift quote after that and so she's kind of setting forward what she's doing here is is the A Modest Proposal”
“I first read William Maxwell they came like swallows after reading”