The Idle Book Club

For May: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Each month we discuss a piece of literature we've loved or have been wanting to read, and let our listeners weigh in as well. Join us!

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Episode 8:
Cosmicomics

April 12, 2013 This month, Italo Calvino sends Chris and Sean swirling through time and space with his enchanting book of short stories. The nuances of literary translation and the magic of Mr. DNA are also discussed.

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Episode 7:
By Blood

Episode 6:
The Crying of Lot 49

Episode 5:
The Great Gatsby

March 11, 2013 Sean and Chris have mixed feelings about By Blood, a San Francisco-set novel told from a disturbing and compelling voyeuristic perspective, but they ultimately decided it was worth the read.

February 8, 2013 Chris, Sean, and Jake start to fill a hole in their reading history as they dive into Pynchon for the first time. Enjoy their inexpert but enthusiastic flailing amidst the baffling waters of postmodernism. Join us next month for a discussion of Ellen Ullman's By Blood.

January 11, 2013 Pop the champagne and don a pink seersucker because it's an Idle Thumbs reunion. Nick Breckon has traveled from the far eastern states to join Chris, Sean, and Jake in a lively discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby. Join us next month for The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.

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