This month we discuss perhaps the most famous novel in the world. A novel which was said to possess every aspect of human life and feeling. Despite its aging in certain, one might even say, predictable, ways. the attempt still holds solid. The realism of this grand Russian exploration of the soul is solidified with potent realism considering the randomness our universe (cultural and physical) can throw at a living being. As always, in the podcast tradition, we engage with that randomness perhaps a little too willingly but another chance to come sit in the bookstore for a while.