In this week's episode, Chad and Tom talk about their first ever episode, the new Granta list of Best Young American Novelists, and books they're looking forward to reading this summer. They also introduce the "Two Month Review"--a new series of weekly mini-episodes launching on Tuesday.

 

Here's a (fairly) complete list of the new books discussed on this episode:

• October by China Miéville
• Wolf Hunt by Ivailo Petrov
• Beasts Head for Home by Kobo Abe
• Warning to the Crocodiles by António Lobo Antunes
• Map Drawn by a Spy by Guillermo Cabrera Infante
• The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

 

And the authors and books Chad and/or Tom want to reread:

• Ulysses by James Joyce
• Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
• Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• Philip K. Dick, generally
• Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
• This week's music is "The Two of Us" by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

 

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