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Every book Margalit Fox recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Margalit Fox
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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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Books Margalit Fox wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 2 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book The Riddle of the Labyrinth
“and here too unpacking a sign language that's never been analyzed in riddle of the labyrinth unraveling this Indian script that was unearthed on clay tablets in 1900 not solved for 50 years”