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Books mentioned in this episode:
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074223

Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811220897

List of William Vollmann's Published Works:
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The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
amzn.to/4pFjl9l
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811215046

Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811201186

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945

Stoner by John Williams
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998

Hard Rain Falling Don Carpenter
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345407276

Cloud Splitter by Russel Banks
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060930868

Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
amzn.to/4a3rbER
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345410085

Babel by RF Kuang
amzn.to/495VWYO
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780063021433

Yellowface by RF Kuang
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780063250857
amzn.to/4pzlF1K

Between Two Fires by Christopher Bhuelman
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250439208
amzn.to/44oBhfR

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812988321

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781455563920

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
amzn.to/3XQ6Z22
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802124944

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141180632

The Recognitions by William Gaddis
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374666

JR by William Gaddis
amzn.to/44pKEfn
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374680

The Anarchist who Shared my Name by Pablo Martin Sanchez
amzn.to/491qPNY
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941920718

East of Eden
amzn.to/4rSJd34
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

Crime and Punishment
amzn.to/4aL12Lg
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143107637

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
amzn.to/4rT8b2h
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143117568

Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553580532

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

The Combinations by Louis Armand
amzn.to/44VgAs7
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781739431020

Golden Age by Wang Xiaobo
amzn.to/48wCzbe
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781662601217

Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima
amzn.to/4oOkZEg
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375977

Death Takes me by Cristina Rivera Garza
amzn.to/44YbF9R
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593737002

Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
amzn.to/48InSlz
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590172001

Natural Causes by Nina Lykke
amzn.to/4oKJe6o

The Passion According to GH by Clarice Lispector
amzn.to/48AzWFn
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811219686

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
amzn.to/48PZ5dU
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312427481

2666 by Roberto Bolano
amzn.to/48EyX5y
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

The Obscene Bird of Night
amzn.to/3XM2VQi
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811232227

Last Words on Earth by Javier Serena
amzn.to/4q8oZkk
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948830324

All my Goodbyes by Mariana Dimopolous
amzn.to/3KTYyzF
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781945492150