Book Chat

6. When I Hit You & A Visit from the Goon Squad

Episode 6 takes on one little known book and one very, very well-known book. Pandora finally reads A Visit from the Goon Squad and falls in love with Jennifer Egan's entire canon, while Bobby has mixed feelings about one of Pandora's absolute favourite books of recent times, When I Hit You, about a woman's violent marriage to a communist professor in South India. You can get in touch <a href="mailto:bookchatpod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bookchatpod@gmail.com</a>Sound by Joel Grove and production by Pandora Sykes Books/articles mentioned:<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/meena-kandasamy/when-i-hit-you/9781786491282" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When I Hit You</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/meena-kandasamy/gypsy-goddess/9781782391807" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Gypsy Goddess</a> and <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/meena-kandasamy/exquisite-cadavers/9781786499653" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Exquisite Cadavers</a> by Meena Kandasamy<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jennifer-egan/visit-from-the-goon-squad/9781780330969" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Visit from the Goon Squad</a>, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781780331218" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emerald City</a>, <a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/jennifer-egan/look-at-me/9781780330990" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Look At Me</a> and <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781472150943" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Candy House</a> by Jennifer Egan<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/eleanor-catton/birnam-wood/9781783784257" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Birnam Wood</a> by Eleanor Catton<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781784744519" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Burning Questions</a> by Margaret Atwood<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781800817579" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Girlfriend on Mars</a> by Deborah Willis<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781035007752" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Throat</a> by Henry Hoke<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/ocean-vuong/on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous/9781787331501" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous</a> by Ocean Vuong<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/j-m-coetzee/diary-of-a-bad-year/9780099516224" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diary of a Bad Year</a> by J.M. Coetzee<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PgpkFUUDn4gxwsGICpRvs?si=0163f80863ed40e5&amp;nd=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jennifer Egan on Radio 4 Book Club</a><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/sleight-of-hand-on-meena-kandasamys-when-i-hit-you-and-exquisite-cadavers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews Meena Kandasamy</a> for LARB  Books for episode 7:<a href="https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/annie-proulx/close-range/9781841150765" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Close Range</a> by Annie Proulx<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781913097158" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Girl’s Story</a> by Annie Ernaux Please note, we will be taking a seasonal break for June, and will be back on July 1st. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A monthly podcast hosted by Pandora Sykes and Bobby Palmer, who bring a book each to chat about. The one rule: the books have to be more than 2 years old. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.