Out of My Skin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
An existential novel (think Camus’ The Stranger) LA-style. When a celebrity impersonator trains the hero in the art of impersonation, identity confusion ensues…
John Haskell from KCRW’s Bookworm by podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW.com)
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Jeff Noon — Bookworm on KCRW
Pollen Adventures in cyberspace. A first—Bookworm goes sci.fi. with the author of Vurt! Is there a boundary between science fiction and literature?
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T.C. Boyle from KCRW’s Bookworm by podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW.com)
The Women (Viking) This richly layered conversation with T.C. Boyle centers on the subjects of art and arrogance. The Women is a biographical novel, a fiction derived from the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, focused particularly on Wright’s up-and-down experiences with women.
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Brad Gooch from KCRW’s Bookworm by podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW.com)
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor (Little, Brown) While we take a mini-tour of Flannery O’Connor’s life and writing, biographer Brad Gooch describes his difficulties in gaining access to the author’s inner life.
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