Dueling Six Demons: Previewing Jim Geraghty's New Spy Thriller
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
First, Jim talks about the role of setting in his thrillers, and how, over the past year, his writing has become increasingly more tied to his personal experiences in locations like Ukraine and Taiwan.
Next, Jim discusses how he creates his characters, almost all of whom draw inspiration from real figures in Jim's life. Jim also talks about the nature of a story's ending, and how it must either be an earned happy ending or a complex, imperfect ending.
Finally, Greg asks Jim about the growing mood of cynicism in the series, and whether or not that reflects Jim's personal views. Jim also speaks about the tension between creating a world that feels lived-in and believable, while also avoiding the injection of political commentary into the story.
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| 0:00.0 | Amazing! there's up to 50% off the most popular brands of prescription glasses and |
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| 0:28.0 | See in store for T's and C's. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Three Martini lunch. |
| 0:35.0 | Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:40.0 | Three Martini's coming up. |
| 0:42.0 | Hey, really glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the Three Martini |
| 0:46.8 | lunch. |
| 0:47.8 | This is a special edition. |
| 0:49.4 | Jim is still on the Alaskan cruise, but he is here with us today magically. That's because we |
| 0:54.8 | taped before he left, but we knew that because he was releasing his book today. |
| 0:59.2 | It's the latest installment in the Dangerous Click Series, |
| 1:03.3 | which started with Between Two Scorpions. |
| 1:05.6 | I think we're eventually going to get the three book. |
| 1:07.4 | Correct. |
| 1:08.1 | That was briefly shelved for hunting for horsemen. |
| 1:12.1 | Then there was gathering five storms and now we have |
| 1:13.9 | dueling six demons. And so Jim first of all congratulations on the latest book. |
| 1:19.5 | I just finished reading it last night and it is definitely a page turner and I think people will be fascinated |
| 1:24.5 | by the character development and the plots and the definite twists that go along with this story. |
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