On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, begin with an admission: Ian was wrong! He got the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize wrong! He got the longlist for the National Book Award wrong! What is he even doing talking about literature at all? Nevertheless, the two books on the slab this month remain The Fisherman by John Langan [9:00] and By Light We Knew Our Names by Anne Valente [42:25].
If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:12:25 for brief final remarks. The books up for discussion next month's are two horror/dark novels:
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Episode 8: 'Full Dark, No Stars' and 'Among Others' (plus 'Embassytown')
Episode 7: 'The Resurrectionist' and 'Oryx and Crake' (plus 'Blackout/All Clear')
Interim: The SwanCon36 MegaPodcast
Episode 6: 'The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' and 'Liar' (plus 'Above/Below')
Episode 5: 'My Name is Will' and 'Under the Poppy' (plus 'Bold As Love')
Episode 4: 'White Cat' and 'Last Days' (plus 'Death Most Definite')
Episode 3: 'The City and The City' and 'The Windup Girl'
Episode 2: 'Feed' and 'The Red Tree'
Episode 1: 'Deathless' and 'The Book Thief'
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