The book is Demon Copperhead , the author is Barbara Kingsolver. That should be enough said. If you read it and don’t come away thinking it is the best book you’ve read this year, it will be among the best. Her book is a prodigious feat on many levels. It is beautifully written. It gives you a sense of a part of America often ignored. It has wonderful characters. It is funny, and she writes it as a parallel to David Copperfield , Charles Dickens' most personal novel. She’s a great writer and a great talker. Give a listen.
Our bookstore this week is Rainy Day Books in Kansas City, where the state line runs right through the center of town.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
King Lear by Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
84 Chairing Cross by Road Helene Hanff
Double Agent by Tom Bradby
A Single Spy by William Christie
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The River of Gods by John Speke
River of Doubt Candice Millard
Radical Kindness: The Life-Changing Power of Giving and Recieving by Angela Santomero