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Dennis Lehane and Jake Tapper pen new novels set in the 1970s
Dennis Lehane and Jake Tapper pen new novels set in the 1970s
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Jul 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Today's episode takes us back in time to American society in the '70s. First, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Dennis Lehane about Small Mercies, his new novel about the desegregation of Boston public schools and a mother's plight to find her missing daughter during that time. Then, Simon chats with CNN anchor Jake Tapper about his book All the Demons Are Here, a family drama that involves a U.S. marine, a journalist, and their politician father making sense of post-Vietnam and post-Watergate disillusionment.
Released:
Jul 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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