Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-01-06
Books mentioned on What Trump Wants in Venezuela | The Ezra Klein Show
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What You Have Heard Is True
What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forche is a memoir documenting a poet's formative experiences in El Salvador on the brink of civil war.
Recommended“Um my second recommendation is a memoir by Carolyn Forche called What You Have Heard Is True. Um when she was 27, she was living in El Salvador at the start of what became the Salvadorian civil war. And it's sort of a reflection on what that period was like for her. It's incredibly haunting and beautiful.”
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The Known World
The Known World by Edward P.
Recommended“Uh my first would be uh a novel called The Known World by Edward P. Jones uh about Auntie Billum Virginia. One of the most astonishing novels I've ever read. Uh one of my favorite American novels. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
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The Spy and the Traitor
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre is a gripping non-fiction book that chronicles the true story of Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB double agent who secretly worked for British intelligence during the Cold War.
Recommended“Uh and my last recommendation would be The Spy and the Trader by Ben McIntyre from several years back uh about a Soviet uh double agent uh who was uh you know working for the KGB but became a double agent for uh British intelligence during the Cold War. Absolutely astonishing true story that reads like fiction.”
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Own book Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
“He's also the author of the excellent book, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, [music] The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.”