grab a slice of pepperoni and pickle pizza because it's time to talk about pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier. in our latest book club sesh, we talk about how pizza girl's cover art belies its narrative weight, the narrative's commentary on jobs and paid vs. unpaid labor, and its ties to our previous book, death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh. bob shares an experience with a pizza delivery guy he knew, joey shows his illiteracy, and we discuss the specific difficulties in casting a film adaptation of this book and whether or not the book has a happy ending (and, either way, how it could be happier). plus: new patreon perks and a new crime.
reading list for season one
death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh, 6/3
pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier, 6/17
you shall know our velocity by dave eggers, 7/1
memories of my father watching tv by curtis white, 7/15
a prayer for owen meany by john irving, 7/29
colorless tsukuru tazaki by haruki murakami, 8/12
any man by amber tamblyn, 8/26
ducks, newburyport by lucy ellmann, 9/9
open city by teju cole, 9/23
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, 10/7