{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/edd6bde5-221e-4c07-bde8-2a0241ccc6e0/189e1d91-ce15-46a1-9ca3-29d03d0b5409?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611f7f984804726c57143e7e/611f7fb8ed5bef0013f4dea3.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>CONTENT WARNING: frequent, graphic mentions of suicide </p><p>We're back after a short break with more Covid-appropriate reading material, and what's more pandemic-y than The Virgin Suicides, a book where everyone dies and no one leaves their house. We talk about bad faith readings, Lolita, Sylvia Plath, the 'we' voice, suburbia, and Jeffrey's talent for smells. </p><p><br></p><p>Caroline O'Donoghue has two books out, the most recent of which is Scenes of a Graphic Nature and is available in all book shops from August 6th</p><p>Ella Risbridger is the author of Midnight Chicken and Set Me On Fire, as well as a forthcoming children's fiction series The Secret Detectives </p>","author_name":"Justice for Dumb Women"}