Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593544808

King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508

War by Louis Ferdinand Celine
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811216548

Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Daniielewski
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524747718

The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolano

2666 by Roberto Bolano
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

The Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250037824

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143107552

The Quiet American by Graham Greene
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039020

The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105558

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

77 by Guillermo Saccomano
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953892

Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953380

Trieste by Dasa Drndic
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504

Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279

The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan
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Stoner by John Williams
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998

Butchers Crossing by John Williams
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981

Friday’s at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894

The Literary Conference by Cesar Aira
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811218788

The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085

Elevator in Saigon by Thuan
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238540

Ada by Mark Haber
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897594

Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897198

Reinhart’s Garden by Mark Haber
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566895620

Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566896368

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646

Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811220026

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316920049

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143112563

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