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Every book Eric Schlosser recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Eric Schlosser has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of April 24, 2015.
- Eric Schlosser has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 24, 2015.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 24, 2015.
- The 3 books Eric Schlosser has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 24, 2015: The executioner's song, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and In Cold Blood.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Eric Schlosser aired on April 24, 2015.
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Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist and author best known for writing Fast Food Nation and Command and Control. On an episode of The Book Review podcast, Schlosser discussed several significant works of fiction and non-fiction. He brought up Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy to examine how the author focused on far-right extremism, anti-immigrant movements, and neo-Nazism in the 1990s. Schlosser also discussed Asne Seierstad's book One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway, noting how the author carefully weighed whether the perpetrator was a lunatic or a political terrorist, thereby allowing readers to ponder these complex issues themselves. He contrasted Seierstad's approach with other famous works of true crime and non-fiction, specifically Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. Schlosser critiqued Mailer's book for displaying a remarkable lack of interest in the actual victims, highlighting how Seierstad instead successfully bore the heavy weight of the crimes she documented.
Books recommended by Eric Schlosser
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The executioner's song
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime masterpiece that details the final months and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore in Utah, alongside the profound fallout felt by those around him.
Discussed“but unlike other uh similar works of non-fiction like in Cold Blood and the Executioner song uh the author here really takes on the weight of these crimes”
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is a gripping psychological thriller that launched the global phenomenon of Scandinavian noir through its complex investigation into a decades-old disappearance.
Discussed“I'm not going to read the quote but I brought with me a book by Stig Larson who was the author of the uh uh girl of the Dragon Tattoo trilogy and he was very uh concerned about this sort of far right-wing terrorism in the 1990s”
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a foundational true-crime masterpiece that details the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas and the subsequent capture of the killers.
Discussed“but unlike other uh similar works of non-fiction like in Cold Blood and the Executioner song uh the author here really takes on the weight of these crimes”
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One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad is a meticulous and harrowing journalistic account of the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway and the radicalization of the perpetrator.
Discussed“one of the main issues of the book one of us is whether breik was a lunatic or whether he was a political terrorist and the author never really comes to a conclusion which I think was a A very wise thing on on her part and it lets the reader think about these issues”
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Books Eric Schlosser wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway | The Book Review | 2015-04-24 | 6 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“but she did write another book I think she wrote the book seller of Kabul which was a big best International best seller”