Episode One Hundred and Eight: Unreliable Narrators

In This Episode:

After reading Ian Parker's "A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions" piece from the New Yorker, Christopher and Drew get into unreliable narrators and what they hold (or are purported to hold). Drew talks about his love of midlist thrillers, and Christopher supposes that every narrator is an unreliable narrator. There's a fair amount of love for Robin Sloan and his love of silly URLs, too. Plus, ya know. More.

The Ep. 108 Bookshelf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Christopher: Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken
Drew: new pieces from Robin Sloan’s “Year of the Meteor” project, starting with “The Sleep Consultant”

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Unbeatable Deck of Ronan Shin by Kiyash Monsef (read it here)
Fat Gold olive oil
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
”A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deception” by Ian Parker
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
The Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Dracula by Bram Stoker
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Jillian by Halle Butler
The New Me by Halle Butler
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Christopher: We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The Damn Bar