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Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

FromThe Book Review


Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

FromThe Book Review

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How to explain the British writer Dolly Alderton to an American audience? It might be best to let her work speak for itself — it certainly does! — but Alderton is such a cultural phenomenon in her native England that some context is probably helpful: “Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist” is the way The New York Times Book Review put it when we reviewed her latest novel, “Good Material,” earlier this year.“Good Material” tells the story of a down-on-his-luck stand-up comic dealing with a broken heart, and it has won Alderton enthusiastic fans in America. In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book with his colleagues Emily Eakin and Leah Greenblatt. Caution: Spoilers abound!
Released:
Apr 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.