Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Thomas Friedman on 'Thank You for Being Late'
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Thank You for Being Late
Thank You for Being Late by Thomas L.
Recommended“Tom fredman's latest book is thank you for being late an optimist guide to thriving in the age of accelerations”
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How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague by David France is a comprehensive historical account detailing how ordinary citizens, activists, and scientists came together to fight back and eventually tame the AIDS epidemic.
Recommended“the book again is how to survive a plague the inside story of how citizens and science tamed AIDS by David France reviewed this week on our cover by Andrew Sullivan”
Where to get it
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The Normal Heart
Discussed“Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart ends even earlier it's about the formation of the first aid service organization in 1980”
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And the Band Played on
And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts is a sweeping and deeply reported historical account of the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the institutional failures that worsened the crisis.
Discussed“it's funny because my initial reaction when seeing the book was of course to think of Randy Schultz and the band played on and I was like well but that book just came out”
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A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre is a gripping historical non-fiction account detailing the treason of British intelligence officer Kim Philby and his betrayal of his country alongside the notorious Cambridge Spy Ring.
Recommended“yes so a little bit ago I had started reading a spy among friends by Ben McIntyre which is about Kim filby and the Cambridge 5 and I got maybe about 50 pages in and it's amazing”
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Anti-intellectualism in American life
Discussed“so I ended up picking up the Richard hoffstad Book anti-intellectualism in American Life which seemed in some ways connected to Hay's book and started reading that a couple nights ago”
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The American political tradition
Discussed“my first Richard Hofer book which was in high school when I was a junior I for some reason I I I wanted to find what I thought was like a very serious authoritative book on American politics and so in the school library they had an extremely boring looking very stay covered the American political tradition by Richard hoffstead”
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Swing Time
Swing Time by Zadie Smith is an intricate novel that explores themes of race, class, friendship, and cultural identity through the lens of young girls dreaming of becoming tap dancers.
Discussed“I have put aside for the moment swing Time by zadee Smith which is which I'm enjoying but which is a big book”
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Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick is a novel from the late 1970s that employs a fragmented and impressionistic narrative style.
Recommended“so I picked up elizabeth Hardwick's sleepless nights which is a from the late 1970s”
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Speedboat
Speedboat by Renata Adler is a fragmentary, highly influential novel defined by its sharp observations and disjointed narrative style.
Discussed“it reminds me a lot of things like rata Adler's speedboat and Jenny ael's Department of speculation from a couple of years ago”
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware is a suspenseful thriller about a reclusive writer who gets drawn into a chaotic weekend in a remote glass house that ultimately ends in murder.
Recommended“so I picked up a copy of in a dark dark wood which is now in paperback and apparently soon to be a major motion picture”
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