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Some real clunkers in this round up, including the worst novel I've read in 2023. And a discussion of comedy in novels, as a jumping off point for the first book discussed:
Intro 0:00
Discussion of comedy in novels 1:48
"Saint Sebastian's Abyss" by Mark Haber 10:00
"Hangman" by Maya Binyam 17:08
"Trans(re)lating House One" by Poupeh Misshagi 23:25
"The Yellow Arrow" by Victor Pelevin 29:10
"Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro" by Melissa McCarthy 31:36
Other books mentioned:
"Outline" by Rachel Cusk youtube.com/watch?v=GLZKT4Q4eJA&t=4s
"The Hall Of The Singing Caryatids" by Victor Pelevin youtube.com/watch?v=hbgPSpUWgLE
"Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel
"Wittgenstein's Nephew" by Thomas Bernhard youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02c
My favourite comic novels (not in any particular order)
"Karoo" - Steve Tesich
"I Hate The Internet" Jarett Kobek
"Springer's Progress" David Markson
"S.N.U.F.F" by Victor Pelevin
"The Great American Novel" Phillip Roth
"A Fraction Of The Whole" Steve Toltz
"The Trees" Percival Everett (the first half of it anyway)
"The Thought Gang" Tibor Fischer
"Riots I Have Known" Ryan Chapman
"A Naked Singularity" Sergio de la Pava
"The 7th Function Of Language" Laurent Binet
"Insurrecto" Gina Apostol
"Standing Heavy" Gauz
"the First Bad Man" Miranda July
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In addition to reviewing books, I am also an author. My latest novel "Death of The Author (In Triplicate)", part crime scene reconstruction, part literary scene deconstruction, is available from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
For more content around the book such as videos and quote cards
sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Some real clunkers in this round up, including the worst novel I've read in 2023. And a discussion of comedy in novels, as a jumping off point for the first book discussed:
Intro 0:00
Discussion of comedy in novels 1:48
"Saint Sebastian's Abyss" by Mark Haber 10:00
"Hangman" by Maya Binyam 17:08
"Trans(re)lating House One" by Poupeh Misshagi 23:25
"The Yellow Arrow" by Victor Pelevin 29:10
"Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro" by Melissa McCarthy 31:36
Other books mentioned:
"Outline" by Rachel Cusk youtube.com/watch?v=GLZKT4Q4eJA&t=4s
"The Hall Of The Singing Caryatids" by Victor Pelevin youtube.com/watch?v=hbgPSpUWgLE
"Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel
"Wittgenstein's Nephew" by Thomas Bernhard youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02c
My favourite comic novels (not in any particular order)
"Karoo" - Steve Tesich
"I Hate The Internet" Jarett Kobek
"Springer's Progress" David Markson
"S.N.U.F.F" by Victor Pelevin
"The Great American Novel" Phillip Roth
"A Fraction Of The Whole" Steve Toltz
"The Trees" Percival Everett (the first half of it anyway)
"The Thought Gang" Tibor Fischer
"Riots I Have Known" Ryan Chapman
"A Naked Singularity" Sergio de la Pava
"The 7th Function Of Language" Laurent Binet
"Insurrecto" Gina Apostol
"Standing Heavy" Gauz
"the First Bad Man" Miranda July
*
In addition to reviewing books, I am also an author. My latest novel "Death of The Author (In Triplicate)", part crime scene reconstruction, part literary scene deconstruction, is available from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
For more content around the book such as videos and quote cards
sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
