Three Percent #128: Remembering, Rereading, Rewatching
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.
As always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to: threepercentpodcast@gmail.com. Also, if there are articles you’d like us to read and analyze (or just make fun of), send those along as well.
And if you like the podcast, tell a friend and rate us or leave a review on iTunes!
Leave a Reply