{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/638499f3509c750011aac9ce/643db469d354bc0011042326?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"6. When I Hit You & A Visit from the Goon Squad","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/638499f3509c750011aac9ce/1669654303376-e340de6667681b208bf37617407c9ac6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can get in touch&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:bookchatpod@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>bookchatpod@gmail.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sound by&nbsp;Joel&nbsp;Grove and production by Pandora Sykes</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books/articles mentioned:</strong></p><p><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</p><p><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</p><p><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</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781784744519\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Questions</a> by Margaret Atwood</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781800817579\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Girlfriend on Mars</a> by Deborah Willis</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781035007752\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open Throat</a> by Henry Hoke</p><p><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</p><p><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</p><p><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></p><p><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>&nbsp;for LARB&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books for episode 7:</strong></p><p><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</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11292/9781913097158\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Girl’s Story</a> by Annie Ernaux</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Please note, we will be taking a seasonal break for June, and will be back on July 1st.</em></strong></p>","author_name":"Pandora Sykes"}