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Joel Golby's Book Club

E18: Jonathan Ames' The Double Life Is Twice As Good

Season 1, Ep. 18

You asked for it, you got it. Joel's read a book that he hated and it's Jonathan Ames' collection of articles and short stories that have not dated well and probably weren't very good at the time either.

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