Dan makes Kylie read Paul Theroux's 1981 novel about a man who drags his family down with him as he pursues his dream of total self-sufficiency. Hopefully Dan doesn't have similar plans for Kylie and their cat children... Come on a journey upriver as The NewlyReads debate whether Allie Fox is an interestingly flawed character or just a tiresome egomaniac, examine how Theroux's travel writing clarifies the novel's ideas, and decide whether ice is really civilization. 

Thanks to a generous grant from Indiana University, we were able to make a major equipment upgrade. Starting with this episode, you can hear us even more clearly as we argue about critical theory and character arcs! 

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