Three Literary Heavyweights: Smith, Banville, and Pynchon
A conversation about bold ideas and atmospheric storytelling, plus authors and narrators at the top of their game.
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Show Notes
Host Jo Reed and contributor Alan Minskoff dive into three remarkable audiobooks: Zadie Smith’s Dead and Alive, John Banville’s Venetian Vespers, and Thomas Pynchon’s long-awaited Shadow Ticket. They explore Smith’s incisive essays, read by the author with clarity and authority; Venetian Vespers, with Luke Thompson navigating Banville’s long, sinuous sentences; and Pynchon’s noir caper, handled with virtuosic range by Edoardo Ballerini. It’s a conversation filled with sharp insights into writing, narration, and what makes these audiobooks such compelling listens.
Audiobooks Discussed:
Dead and Alive, written and read by Zadie Smith (Penguin Audio)
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Penguin Audio)
Venetian Vespers by John Banville, read by Luke Thompson (Random House Audio)
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