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On this week’s episode, a look at the rest of the year in books — new fiction from Alice McDermott and this year’s Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse, a journalist’s investigation of state-sanctioned killings in the Philippines, and a trio of celebrity memoirs.
Discussed in this week’s episode:
“The Vulnerables,” by Sigrid Nunez
“Day,” by Michael Cunningham
“Absolution,” by Alice McDermott
“A Shining,” by Jon Fosse
“Romney: A Reckoniung,” by McKay Coppins
“Class,” by Stephanie Land
“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista
“The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism,” by Tim Alberta
“My Name is Barbra,” by Barbra Streisand
“The Woman in Me,” by Britney Spears
“Worthy,” by Jada Pinkett Smith
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