Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-08-15
Books mentioned on This Conservative Thinks America’s Institutions ‘Earned’ Their Distrust
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Wise blood
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor is a Southern Gothic novel depicting religious fervor and eccentricity in the American South.
Recommended“my favorite maybe my favorite book of all time is wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor it's just like the right amount creepy and Christian and like the Christ haunted South”
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A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is a historical fiction novel that follows Count Alexander Rostov as he is placed under lifetime house arrest inside the luxurious Hotel Metropol after the Bolshevik Revolution.
Recommended“so I just read The Rules of Civility by Amar toles just a beautiful writer I had also read a gentleman in Moscow he's one of those writers that I don't really even care what you're writing Michael Siobhan is similar the prose is just so good”
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Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles is a historical novel known for its exceptional prose and character development.
Recommended“so I just read The Rules of Civility by Amar toles just a beautiful writer I had also read a gentleman in Moscow he's one of those writers that I don't really even care what you're writing Michael Siobhan is similar the prose is just so good”
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The Right
The Right by Matthew Continetti is a comprehensive historical exploration of the American conservative movement and its various internal factions.
Recommended“and then I'll give a shout out to um Matthew continent is the right which is a history of the American right and conservatism which we'll speak to in a more erudite sense than I did many of the things that we have talked about right in this podcast”
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