Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on The 'Seductive Lure' of Authoritarianism
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Twilight of Democracy
Discussed“an apple bom will be here to discuss her latest book Twilight of democracy”
Where to get it
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A way of life, like any other
A Way of Life, Like Any Other by Darcy O'Brien is an entertaining and concise novel written by an author who drew praise from critics for his sharp narrative style.
Recommended“I read a way of life like any other by Darcy O'Brien”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Snow
“I'd been reading Oran puk's book snow which is about a fictionalized Turkish town where a lot of young people commit suicide”
Passing Logavina Street
“in all three of your books we we talked a little bit about nothing to envy your book on North Korea and your previous one L gavina Street”
Passing Nothing to envy
“in all three of your books we we talked a little bit about nothing to envy your book on North Korea and your previous one L gavina Street”
Passing The Odyssey
“another judge that I thought was an interesting choice is Emily Wilson who's a classicist and translator and she got a lot of Acclaim for her translation of the Odyssey which was sort of a reinterpretation in a way of the Epic”
Passing The Mirror and the Light
“there were 13 books selected by a panel of five judges and the only obvious candidate who was on the list I thought was Hillary mantel for the mirror in the light”
Passing The Mirror and the Light
“there were 13 books selected by a panel of five judges and the only obvious candidate who was on the list I thought was Hillary mantel for the mirror in the light”
Passing The Blood-Dimmed Tide
“the one I read last week which was called the blood dimmed tide was set in 1932”
Passing The Guns of August
“and you know with books like this the comparison in my head is with Barbara tuckman's The Guns of August which is another book I love and that's really about the the Western Front in Europe in World War I”