Show Notes
Jeselnik Book Club’s review of ‘The Trees,’ written by Percival Everett. Anthony takes you through the novel’s bizarre string of murders in Money, Mississippi, and discusses how Everett blends mystery, horror, and dark comedy to confront America’s history of racial violence. After the recap, Anthony turns to the mailbag to answer questions from listeners.
(00:00) - Open(00:40) - Book background and Emmett Till history(06:40) - Recap begins(33:30) - Mailbag!(1:04:10) - November’s book: ‘The Friend’ by Sigrid Nunez(1:06:40) - Next week: ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ with Mallory Rubin
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