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44 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2023
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Marlon and Jake are back! And they’re catching up on the dead authors they’ve read since they last spoke—some of which they praise, others they don’t. From comparing Nella Larson’s Passing to the Netflix film, to discussing unsettling stories that linger with you, they cover a lot of literary ground. They also weigh in on longstanding debates like whether they read the book or watch the movie adaption first and the difference between horror and terror. Tune in for the witty book banter you know and love. Subscribe to our River-herd newsletter for sneak peeks of our upcoming books, free giveaways, and exclusive content. https://sites.prh.com/riverhead-reader-newsletterThe Letters of Thom Gunn by Thom GunnPassing by Nella Larsen A View From a Hill by Montague Roads JamesThe Turn of The Screw by Henry JamesFrankenstein by Mary Shelly The Birds by Daphne Du MaurierRebecca by Daphne Du MaurierThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyJesus’s Son by Denis JohnsonAirships by Barry Hannah Lost Illusions by Honore de BalzacMadam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Savage Detectives by Roberto BolanoHell House by Richard MathesonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Released:
Mar 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (35)
Questions, Questions: This week Marlon and Jake answer some of the questions that listeners have asked. What dead author or book did they initially hate but have come around to love? What is the best book by the worst dead author? And who is the most annoying character by a dead author? (Spoiler alert: Heathcliff. Obviously.) Along the way Jake confesses a lack of enthusiasm for William Faulkner and, yes, Virginia Woolf, while Marlon bemoans the insufferably boring Thomas Hardy and makes a plug for the poetic darkness of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Their shared hatred of A Tale of Two Cities is back and stronger than ever. Will Jake re-read Absalom, Absalom!? Will Marlon let go of his Edith Wharton grudge? Should we take relationship advice from Jane Austen? Was D.H. Lawrence the 20th Century’s bridesmaid but never its bride? Has the “Great Pirate Novel” been written? Tune in to learn the answers to these essential questions and so much more! Select titles discussed in this episode: by Marlon and Jake Read Dead People