Episode Fifty-Eight: Megan Abbott
In This Episode:
Megan Abbott drops by the Damn Library with her latest thriller, You Will Know Me, in tow and warms up the winter doldrums. Drew reads Highsmith for the first time, Christopher for the zillionth - and both are excited about it.
Other Highlights:
* twisty twisty twists
* Highsmith: the writer for our bleak new world?
* how to be a teenager forever
* PS have you bought your SMDB shirt yet?
LISTEN:
THE EP. 58 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: What We Do Now edited by Dennis Johnson & Valerie Merians
Christopher: Abandon Me by Melissa Febos
Megan: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler
ALSO MENTIONED:
Orson Welles: A Biography by Barbara Leaming
The Mickey Mouse Reader
Whip Smart by Melissa Febos
The Fever by Megan Abbott
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
The Red Barn by David Hare, adapted from La Main by Georges Simenon
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Under the Skin (2013)
Repulsion (1965)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Drew: Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
Christopher: Mister Monkey by Francine Prose
Megan: Jackie (2016)
