Episode Ninety-Five: Megan Abbott

In This Episode:

YET ANOTHER returning guest -- this time, Megan Abbott delivers her latest and greatest novel Give Me Your Hand and we talk about Shakespeare, about science, about plotting murders -- and about Philip Roth! Specifically, and importantly, through the lens of Lisa Halliday's Asymmetry.

The Ep. 95 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Christopher: This Body's Not Big Enough for the Both of Us by Edgar Cantero
Megan: Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth

ALSO MENTIONED:

Batman (1966)
The Deuce (2017-present)
The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (2018)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
BBC's "Desert Island Discs"
* Megan's Desert Island Disc: "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes
* Drew's Desert Island Disc: "New South Africa" by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
* Christopher's Desert Island Disc: The Theme from Fantasmic!
The Humbling by Philip Roth
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
The Witch (2015)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Inception (2010)
The Wire (2002-2008)
Treme (2010-2013)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
Megan: The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman / COCAINE AND RHINESTONES
Christopher: Thoroughbreds (2018) / Lemoncocco

The Damn Bar