Episode Fifty-Four: Lisa Lutz
In This Episode:
The indomitable, incomparable Lisa Lutz stops by the Damn Library for a career retrospective. Drew and Christopher very nearly contain their rabid fandom and the trio get to talking about Lutz's entire oeuvre - as well as why it might not have been the best choice to read Georges Simenon's "Dirty Snow" right around the election.
Other Highlights:
* A cocktail that doesn't need booze?!
* How to make sense of people
* Wacky families of PIs in real life
* We recorded just after the election and so... yeah, there's some stuff about that too.
LISTEN:
THE EP. 54 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
The Spellmans series (The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans, The Spellmans Strike Again, Trail of the Spellmans, The Last Word [aka Spellman Six: The Next Generation]) by Lisa Lutz
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
How to Start a Fire by Lisa Lutz
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester & How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Christopher: A Bad Idea I'm About to Do by Chris Gethard & Flying Couch by Amy Kurzweil
Lisa: Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple & Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
ALSO MENTIONED:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris
The Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Stranger by Albert Camus
La Main by George Simenon
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Drew: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers & The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Christopher: It by Stephen King
Lisa: Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon & We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
