Episode Sixty-One: Jonathan Lee
In This Episode:
Jonathan Lee dives into the Damn Library with his book High Dive - his first available in the U.S. - and the boys love the splash. They discuss pool water and politics, only one of which applies to Antonio Tabucchi's Pereira Maintains but boy does it ever!
Other Highlights:
* Pereira Maintains vs. Pereira Declares, a study in contrasts
* Drew decides to write an essay
* Ten Meter Tower - a film from the New York Times
* #ToB17 talk: the opening round
LISTEN:
THE EP. 61 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
High Dive by Jonathan Lee
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi (also published as Pereira Declares)
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: Essays by Wallace Shawn
Christopher: Akademie X: Lessons in Art and Life
Jonathan: Bluets by Maggie Nelson
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Libra by Don DeLillo
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Discworld Novels by Terry Pratchett
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Thus Bad Begins by Javiar Marias
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Rushmore (1998)
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
The collected works of Chuck Palahniuk
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Drew: Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
Christopher: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Jonathan: Outline by Rachel Cusk