Ep 164 - Speedboat, by Renata Adler (Bonus Episode w/ Sophie Brookover)

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For February's bonus show, friend of the show and co-Two Bossy Dame Sophie Brookover (@sophiebiblio) joins us to talk about Speedboat, Renata Adler's first novel.

This is one of those episodes where the author threatens to overshadow the book itself - Adler is an outsize figure with a long career, and she's never been shy about telling people exactly what she thinks. And that's true even though her prose is EXTREMELY on point.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Welcome to Overdoot.
0:40.0	This is a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
0:43.2	My name is Craig.
0:44.2	My name is Andrew.
0:45.6	And we've got special guest this week.
0:47.0	Who is it?
0:48.0	It's Sophie.
0:49.0	Hey, Sophie, I always do that to our guests.
0:51.6	I don't tell them that I want them to introduce themselves.
0:53.6	You're just like, who are you?
0:55.6	But I don't ask them directly.
0:57.3	I kind of ask everyone.
0:59.3	And you're just asking the internet.
1:02.3	Who can it be now?
1:03.3	Who could it be?
1:05.3	I can't imagine.
1:07.3	Oh, wait, wait, you're talking to me.
1:09.3	It's me.
	...

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