Episode · The Book Review · 2018-07-20
Books mentioned on True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Gilbert Cruz discussed Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox. Margalit Fox discussed The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox and They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell. Pamela Paul discussed The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and others and Give Me Your Hand by Megan E. Abbott. Tina Jordan discussed Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg. Dwight Garner recommended Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg. Paul Saidman discussed Morning, noon, and night by Spalding Gray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Conan Doyle for the Defense
Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox is a true crime book detailing a sensational British murder, a quest for justice, and the world's most famous detective writer.
Discussed“Margalit Fox joins us to talk about her new book Conan Doyle for the defense”
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Riddle of the Labyrinth is a fascinating work of nonfiction by Margalit Fox that explores the thrilling historical quest to decipher an ancient and mysterious script from the world before classical Greece.
Discussed“and then in 2013 when my previous book the riddle of the labyrinth came out and I was casting about for something to do there was the Oscar Slater story still in that corner of what Holmes calls the brain attic”
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They Came Like Swallows
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell is an exquisite autobiographical novel that captures the profound ripple effects of the 1918 influenza epidemic on a Midwestern family through the shifting perspectives of its members.
Discussed“and I think the first time I did this was with the times's full page now very rare but full page biography of William Maxwell which led me directly to they came like swallow”
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The President is Missing
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is a high-stakes political thriller that imagines a crisis where the American commander-in-chief suddenly vanishes while dealing with a catastrophic cyberattack.
Discussed“well at the top of the bestseller list we still have a thriller now for five weeks straight Bill Clinton and James Patterson the president is missing”
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Give Me Your Hand
Discussed“so this year we have a new Megan Abbott novel give me your hand”
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Discussed“you know although I did find only one novel set in Greenland and I don't know if you remember Peter heg smell sense of snow”
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Candy
Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg is a wildly irreverent satirical novel that mirrors and mocks the classic picaresque themes of Voltaire’s Candide.
Recommended“um I I reviewed this week candy which is which is now 60 years old the the uh satire of volaras candid”
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Morning, noon, and night
Morning, Noon, and Night is the poignant final memoir by celebrated monologist and author Spalding Gray, chronicling his thoughts, family life, and struggles with mental health in the twilight of his career.
Discussed“uh morning noon and night which i hadn't read since it had come out um and inadvertently got drawn back in”
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