189: Anthony Marra (MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS) & Jennifer Egan's A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD
In This Episode:
Anthony Marra zooms into the Damn Library and attempts to turn the tables on interviewing, to some avail. Of course he gets into his new novel, Mercury Pictures Presents, how research fuels his writing, and how he wants to do the opposite of what he did the last time. Plus, he brings along Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, which is a great novel to revisit as Candy House is making the rounds. You know there's more than that too, you oughta tune in!
THE EP. 189 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Anthony: Trust by Hernan Diaz
Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld by T.J. English
Christopher: Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
Miko Kings by Leanne Howe
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Severance by Ling Ma
If I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
The Time Machine H.G. Wells
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Time and Again by Jack Finney
From Time to Time by Jack Finney
Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
The Information by James Gleick
The Battle of San Pietro (1945, dir. John Huston)
Ninotchka (1939, dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
To Be or Not to Be (1942, dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
His Girl Friday (1940, Howard Hawks)
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Cinderella (2015, dir. Kenneth Branagh)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Anthony: the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, Criterion Channel Subscription, Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Meitenbuler
Christopher: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
