our un/adaptable module continues with speedboat by renata adler, which may be our first truly unadaptable novel this season; we discuss why that’s the case. we also talk about the humor in the novel (and why its meanness works so well), adler’s discussion of the politics of education, and how the novel has a timeless quality. we compare adler’s writing to alice munro and amy hempel and joan didion. joey talks about loving this book and tries to figure out why the first half worked better for him. tulsa once again mentions the book of wall. egg sends a long email. we talk about people laughing in art.

reading list for season five
the zone of interest by martin amis
underworld by don delillo
eileen by ottessa moshfegh
speedboat by renata adler
memory by donald westlake
blood and guts in high school by kathy acker
project hail mary by andy weir
the raw shark texts by steven hall
crying in h mart by michelle zauner
wittgenstein’s mistress by david markson
nightbitch by rachel yoder
infinite jest by david foster wallace