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106: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
106: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Existential despair, the hell of isolation, and a mad dash deep into the sublime beauty of the Sahara

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106: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
106: The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Existential despair, the hell of isolation, and a mad dash deep into the sublime beauty of the Sahara

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105: Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann

Is there a place in this world for an irrational creature?

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104: Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
104: Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Empire! Torture! Manipulation! Control! Quite the book, and quite the episode.

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103: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 2/2
103: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 2/2

David and Seth return for another episode on Gravity’s Rainbow and ‘knot’ into some of the many concepts Pynchon plays with to uncover what this strange novel is about.

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