The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW

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The Audio Book Club: Zadie Smith’s NW

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Nov 30, 2012

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Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Zadie Smith’s novel about four Londoners from the same council estate.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nov 30, 2012

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Join Slate's critics for monthly discussions of new and important books. Read the book club selections and then listen in as our critics hold lively - and sometimes heated - debates about the works. Part of the Panoply Network.

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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: White Noise, by Don DeLillo: Meghan O’Rourke, Stephen Metcalf, and Troy Patterson discuss Don DeLillo's book, White Noise. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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An Inauguration Novella, Part 4 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 4 of 5. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill: Slate's Audio Book Club: Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill by Slate Books
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An Inauguration Novella, Part 3 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 3 of 5. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Night of the Gun, by David Carr: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun. by Slate Books
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The Audio Book Club: Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Slate critics Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and Emily Bazelon discuss Katherine Boo’s National Book Award-winning story of life in a Mumbai slum. by Slate Books
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An Inauguration Novella, Part 1 of 5: "All Along, This Was What Was Supposed to Happen," an original novella about the inauguration written and read by Curtis Sittenfeld. Part 1 of 5. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker: Meghan O’Rourke, Michael Agger, and Troy Patterson discuss Nicholson Baker's book, The Anthologist. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century, by Cristina Nehring: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and guest Laura Kipnis discuss Cristina Nehring's "A Vindication of Love." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: Rabbit, Run, by John Updike: Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," by Michael Lewis: Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Daniel Gross discuss Michael Lewis' book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: "Reality Hunger - A Manifesto," by David Shields: Meghan O’Rourke, Troy Patterson and Jody Rosen discuss David Shields’ book, Reality Hunger - A Manifesto. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Audio Book Club: "The Imperfectionists," by Tom Rachman: Julia Turner, June Thomas and Troy Patterson discussTom Rachman's book, "The Imperfectionists." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program by Slate Books
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Slate's Audio Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye: Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and James Ryerson discuss J.D. Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. by Slate Books
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