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Every book Shereen Lani Younes recommended on podcasts

Guest on Behind the Bastards · 1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Shereen Lani Younes

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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  1. Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov · Discussed · 1 episode

    Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita centers on the deeply disturbing relationship between an adult narrator and a young girl whom he exploits across America.

    Discussed
    “I just realized the last time I heard your voice was when I was listening to the Lolita podcast. But that's very like the protagonist's name, like Humbert. The whole book is him re talking to someone about his life”
    Where to get it

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor LustigBehind the Bastards2021-03-301
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The Help
“Yeah, it just like sounds like the real life version in the 1800s of like the help, you know what I mean? Like that's what it It is.”
Passing The Great Gatsby
“when I was in AP English in I think 11th grade, we were doing The Great Gatsby. And so we had like a a unit on like the 30s, the gangster era”
Passing Tropic of Cancer
“And this is a different Henry Miller than the one that wrote like Tropic of Cancer, right?”