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Books Mentioned in this Episode (purchasing through these links helps to support the show)

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
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White Noise by Don Dellilo
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The Calf by Leif Hoghaug
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Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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How to Quiet a Vampire by Borislav Pekic

Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno
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Europe Central by William T. Vollman
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Rainbow Stories by WIlliam T. Vollmann
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Fathers and Crows by William T. Vollmann
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The Butterfly Stories by William T. Vollmann
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The Dying Grass by Wiliam T. Vollmann
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The Atlas by William T. Vollmann
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The Kukotsky Enigma by Ludmilla Ulitskaya
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Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan
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Schattenfroh by Micahel Lentz
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Stoner by John Williams
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Butchers Crossing by John Williams
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The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams
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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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