238: Kate Slotover (of The Book Club Review) Returns, Solvej Balle's ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME VOL 1
In This Episode:
Kate Slotover of The Book Club Review drops in again, virtually this time, to talk about a visit to a posh library, her reading life of late, and Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume Vol. 1, and also we talk about Volume 2 some. Get on the train bound for November 18th!
THE EP. 238 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Kate: Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley, Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, Good Lord by Ella Frears
Christopher: On Bullfighting by A.L. Kennedy, Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice, The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth, You’re an Animal, Viskovitz by Alessandro Boffa
ALSO MENTIONED:
Rivals by Jilly Cooper
Rivals (Disney+)
Imperium by Christian Kracht
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda
Groundhog Day (dir. Harold Ramis)
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Groundhog Forever by Henry Hoke
Things by George Perec
Balle and Haveland in conversation
Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Kate: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon, You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue, The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower
Christopher: Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry
