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Every book Ben Dominic recommended on podcasts
Ben Dominic appeared on The Ezra Klein Show in the episode titled A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since 2016, offering insights into modern conservatism and recommending several notable books. He began by discussing Cormac McCarthy, noting that while many people are widely familiar with The Road, readers are generally less acquainted with McCarthy's other literary works, which he encouraged people to explore. Dominic then recommended two books written by his colleagues at The Spectator. The first was The War on the West by Douglas Murray, which he highlighted as essential reading for understanding contemporary conservative perspectives and cultural critiques. The second colleague-authored book he recommended was The Mandibles, a novel by Lionel Shriver that is a few years old, which Dominic described as both entertaining and dryly witty. Through these recommendations, Dominic bridged serious political commentary with compelling fiction, offering listeners a glimpse into the literary works that inform his worldview as a conservative commentator while highlighting insightful reads from his peers in journalism and contemporary literature.
Books recommended by Ben Dominic
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The Mandibles
Lionel Shriver's satirical novel The Mandibles imagines a future United States undergoing a catastrophic economic collapse and loss of reserve currency status.
Recommended“Lionel Shriver also a colleague of mine at the at the spectator has a book that's a couple of years old that's a a novel called the mandibles”
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel depicting a harrowing journey taken by a father and son through a ruined landscape.
Recommended“lots of people are familiar with the road but people are not generally familiar I think with some of his other works”
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War on the West
War on the West by Douglas Murray is a contemporary book examining cultural battles and the ideological pressures facing Western societies.
Recommended“two from colleagues that I have at The Spectator the war on the west by Douglas Murray I think is is essential reading”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since 2016 | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-08-08 | 3 |