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🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Author Sarah Vowell and comedian Maeve Higgins visit the Nerdette Book Club for a spoiler-filled analysis of Tana French's plodding murder mystery, 'The Searcher.' Plus, we hear from you!
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0:13.6 | From W be easy Chicago I'm Greta Johnson and this is the |
0:20.7 | nerd at book club it's just like a regular book, except you don't have to leave your house, or read the book in time, or really participate at all. |
0:28.0 | This month's book is a moody Irish Murder Mystery called The Searcher. It's by Tana French and it's a fish out of water story about a retired American detective or police officer who moves to rural Western Ireland and can't shrug off his law enforcement passed. If you haven't |
0:47.2 | read the book yet and you do not want spoilers you should listen to my interview |
0:51.0 | with Tana French which is already in the feed and it is totally spoiler free. |
0:55.0 | If you haven't read the book and you want to know everything that happened, you are in the right place. |
1:00.0 | Also, obviously, it would be cool if you have read the book. |
1:02.0 | Our panel this month is a pretty great one. We have |
1:05.2 | Sarah Vowel who you might know from her great historical books or essay collections or contributions to this American life or even as the voice of Violet in the incredible Pixar movies. |
1:15.0 | Sarah, hey. |
1:16.0 | Hello. |
1:17.0 | So I know you have some spoiler concerns and we're going to get to them. |
1:20.0 | But first I would like to introduce our second panelist. Comedian Mave Higgins who |
1:25.4 | wrote a memoir called Mave in America. She is often funnier than Peter Siegel on Wait Wait, |
1:31.0 | Don't Tell me. Mave, hey. |
1:33.4 | Hi, Gras. |
1:34.0 | I feel like I can say that since Peter and I are friends. |
1:36.5 | Hi, Ma, Ma, Ma'am. |
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