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Episode 40: Boys of Blur, Part 1

Episode 40: Boys of Blur, Part 1

FromThe Bookening


Episode 40: Boys of Blur, Part 1

FromThe Bookening

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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If you love The Bookening, we really do need your help. Please click here to support The Bookening for a very low monthly amount and help us continue making the podcast. Thank you!In episode 40, our heroes talk about N.D. Wilson's young adult horror/fantasy/action novel _Boys of Blur. _For such a slim volume, this book packs a lot in, and our heroes find themselves with plenty to discuss, including small towns, football rivalries, race relations, C.S. Lewis-wannabees, useless clichés, useful tropes, extravagant character names that are good, and one character name that they weren't such a huge fan of. By the way, here's some footage from the event that Jake mentions involving Nate's dad Doug.Click here to buy the book.Next week, more _Boys of Blur. _After that, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

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Released:
May 24, 2017
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Titles in the series (100)

3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.