Don Winslow on His New Novel, Mob Stories, Crime Fiction Before the Smartphone, and Why He's Retiring From Writing

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🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Bryan is joined by author Don Winslow to preview the new novel in his ‘City on Fire’ trilogy. They discuss the writing process and the influence the ‘Iliad’ had on this particular novel, touch on the impact smartphones have on crime novels, and later, Winslow shares news of his retirement and what the future holds. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Don Winslow Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Sean Fennese, we've got something special cooking on the Prestige TV podcast.
0:06.0	I'll be recapping one of my favorite shows, HBO's Barry, every Sunday night with the writer-director
0:11.2	star of the show, The Great Bill Hater.
0:13.7	We'll talk about the show's wild twists and turns, its special brand of dark comedy,
0:17.7	and how it all came together.
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1:30.1	Hello media consumers, welcome to Pressbox.
1:32.8	Brian Curtis and producer Erica Servantes here.
1:36.4	You know we've been doing a lot of sports lately on this show, and I feel there's a point
1:40.7	where we can have too much of that in our lives and we need a turn to serious business,
1:45.5	like crime fiction.
1:46.5	Now you've heard David and I talk with reverence about Don Winslow, the author of the new
1:51.7	book City on Fire, which came out this week.
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